BIBFRAME Work

Title

The theatre couple in early modern Italy

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Laiena, Serena (author)

Subject

• Actors--Italy (LCSH)
• Theater--Italy--History--17th century (LCSH)
• Commedia dell'arte--History and criticism (LCSH)
• Andreini, Virginia, 1583-1630 or 1631 (LCNAF)
• Andreini, Giovanni Battista, 1578---Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
• Italian drama--To 1700--History and criticism (LCSH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• DDC: 852/.5 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: PQ4562.A7 Z73 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"Who were the first celebrity couples? How was their success forged? Which forces influenced their self-fashioning and marketing strategies? These questions are at the core of this study, which looks at the birth of a phenomenon, that of the couple in the show business, with a focus on the promotional strategies devised by two professional performers: Giovan Battista Andreini (1576-1654) and Virginia Ramponi (1583-ca.1631). This book examines their artistic path - a deliberately crafted and mutually beneficial joint career - and links it to the historical, social, and cultural context of post-Tridentine Italy. Rooted in a broad research field, encompassing theatre history, Italian studies, celebrity studies, gender studies, and performance studies, The Theatre Couple in Early Modern Italy revises the conventional view of the Italian diva, investigates the deployment of Catholic devotion as a marketing tool, and argues for the importance of the couple system in the history of Commedia dell'Arte, a system that continues to shape celebrity today"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Negotium Diabli, negotium Dei -- The theater couple -- Giovan Battista Andreini: texts and targets (1604) -- Virginia Ramponi: mimses and myth (1604) -- Virginia Ramponi: letters and leadership (1605-1631) -- Giovan Battista Andreini: portraying the performer (1605-1631) -- Epilogue -- Chronology.

Authorized Access Point

Laiena, Serena. The theatre couple in early modern Italy

Geographic Coverage

• Italy

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:20:54.841053+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23224126

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• Date: 2026-09-11
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• Description language: eng
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