High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Commedia dell'arte ("comedy of the profession") is a professional form of theatre that began in Italy in the mid-16th century, and was characterized by masked "types", the advent of the actress, and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. Compagnie, or companies, were troupes of actors, each of whom had a specific function or role. These compagnie traveled throughout Europe from the early period, beginning with the Soldati, then, the Ganassa, who traveled to Spain--never to be heard from again--and the famous troupes of the Golden Age (1580-1605): Gelosi, Confidenti, Accessi. These names which signified daring and enterprise were appropriated from the names of the academies--in a sense, to lend legitimacy. However, each troupe had its imprese (like a coat of arms) which symbolized its nature. The Gelosi for example, used the two-headed face of the roman god, Janus--to signify its comings and goings and relationship to the season of carnival--which took place in January. Janus also signified the duality of the actor, who is playing a character or mask, while still remaining oneself.

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