As part of character development I today asked all the actors in Every Bit of my Love to look into Commedia Del Arte Stock Characters, try and relate one of the stock characters to their part in the play, then research that particular stock character of their choosing. This will help develop the comedy in the scene while also contrasting again all other elements of the show.
Here is a website that I have found which has a list most of the stock character in Commedia with a little bit of detail on each.
http://italian.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800b.htm
I would recommend that each of the actors pick and them research the one stock character which best suits their individual part in the play!
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