ENTRE TEXTE ET SCENE, LE JEU DE L’ACTEUR DANS LA COMÉDIE ITALIENNE DE LA RENAISSANCE. LEONE DE’ SOMMI, “QUATTRO DIALOGHI IN MATERIA DI RAPPRESENTAZIONI SCENICHE”

Between Text and Stage: Acting in Italian Renaissance Comedy Leone de’ Sommi, Quattro dialoghi in materia di rappresentazioni sceniche.  In his treatise, Quattro dialoghi in materia di rappresentazioni sceniche, Leone de’ Sommi gives the earliest indications of his time on comedy acting and staging. Our purpose is to analyze the relationship between text and stage in order to set into relief what pertains to acting. After a brief presentation of the author, we’ll focus on the text and its man...