Shakespeare and Commedia dell'Arte- Front Cover -- Shakespeare and Commedia dell'Arte -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Figures -- Table -- Preface -- The cast of commedia dell'arte characters -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Italian influences on Shakespeare and his contemporaries -- Before the Bard -- Italian literary and performing arts in Queen Elizabeth's early reign -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Italian and English comedies -- Clown -- Commedia dell'arte in the mid-to-late sixteenth century -- Characters -- Innamorati -- Innamorato -- Vecchi -- Zanni -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Characters -- Artemis & The Wild Things (ATWT) Production -- Reviews of A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Conclusion -- Note -- Chapter 4: The Comedy of Errors -- Select characters -- The Utah State University production of The Comedy of Errors -- Preview: The Comedy of Errors -- Review of The Comedy of Errors -- Actor responses to commedia dell'arte -- Commedia degli Errori at La MaMa Umbria -- Reviews of The Comedy of Errors productions -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The Merchant of Venice -- The characters -- Artemis & The Wild Things Production -- Actor responses to commedia dell'arte -- Reviews -- Chapter 6: The Two Gentlemen of Verona -- Characters -- Artemis & The Wild Things Production -- Cast response -- Reviews -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Twelfth Night -- Clowns and capitani -- Loyola University New Orleans production -- Actor and audience responses to commedia dell'arte -- Reviews -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: The Taming of the Shrew -- Characters -- The Taming of the Shrew at Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia -- Performance -- Commedia dell'arte lazzi in future productions of The Taming of the Shrew -- Alternative production styles in The Taming of the Shrew