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Others made him far older, dating from the Athenian drama and the Japanese noh plays, via the commedia dell'arte and Charlie Chaplin.
ECONOMIST: Bip
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That work came out of the 16th-century Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte, in which traveling actors took on stock roles and interacted with the audience rather than sticking to a script.
WSJ: One Spring, Two Farces
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In the case of "One Man, Two Guvnors, " playwright Richard Bean drew from the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte, Shakespeare and farce, right on through to Benny Hill and Monty Python.
WSJ: One Spring, Two Farces