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List of figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Improvisation andcharacters; 3. Residual orality in early modern Italy and the commediadell'arte; 4. Venetian buffoni; 5. Early male actors; 6. Early actresses; 7.Zanni texts, 1576-1588; 8. Conclusions and caprices: early texts of theDottore and Pantalone; 9. Tristano Martinelli: a company buffone; 10.Theatrical and literary 'composition' in Francesco Andreini and FlaminioScala; 11. The generation of Cecchini: technical, moral and dramaturgicalpublications; Notes; Bibliography.