16th and 17th Century Italy edit
Elizabethan and edit
d verbal lazzi can be seen in the plays of William Shakespeare as well as primary accounts of Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre.
While the degree of William Shakespeare's exposure to Italian literature and/or professional commedia troupes of the era remains inconclusive, his plays suggest an extensive familiarity with both. [1] Parallels throughout his plays include shared plot lines with Italian writers including Giovanni Boccaccio as well as verbal and visual lazzi that closely resembles those used by the Italian troupes.[2] For example, verbal lazzi in his works include puns, malapropisms, and rambling diagnosis
- ^ Johnson-Haddad, Miranda (1992). "Review [Untitled]". Shakespeare Quarterly. 43: 253–257 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Steele, Eugene (1976). "Verbal Lazzi in Shakespeare's Plays". Italica. 53: 214–222 – via JSTOR.