Hello, it's possible to extend the diagram out to the side, if you add two smaller circles to the outside of the diagram at the same height as the Witch and link with lines to the 1st Actor, 1st Actress, Pantalone & the Doctor. The young lovers (2nd Actor & 2nd Actress) are usually the children of the 1st Actor, 1st Actress, Pantalone or the Doctor. Because of their youth they sit outside the social hierarchy. Apologies for that omission from the diagram. Thank-you for your comment.
I am watching this video because I became really interested in Commedia dell'Arte after having watched the trailer of Genshin Impact that introduces its 12 Harbingers, which are based on these characters. I never knew about these before, and I am glad to know more! Thank you so much for putting this video together. Know that it is still appreciated 11 years later today.
I've been laughing and enjoying this video tremendously. I'm an actor and I would LOVE to do a workshop on this, especially with a woman as knowledgable and amazing as Didi Hopkins. What a beautiful, awesome thing! I love how physical Commedia is. I would LOVE to watch this sort of theatre.
well said. sometimes a short video like this can be much more informative and educational than a long documentary. there are way too many documentaries out there that either have nothing to teach you or contain misleading and manipulative information similar to what you see on ads
HOW CAN THEY DO THIS WITH A STRAIGHT FACE?? I know training like this gives rise to great interpretations and characters but still watching it at work is so strange.. xD
Welcome to the arts, dear! We spend a lot of time making fools of ourselves so we can hopefully make something worth experiencing later. (plus it desensitizes us to making fools of ourselves unintentionally)
When the focus is on the artuculation of a character or role, the attention is so involved with the activity, the thought of silliness or of being concerned about how one appears to others has no room to exist...
Years ago I unexpectedly came upon a Commedia dell'Arte production in a small square in Venice. Once I was given the premise of the action by an English-speaking Venetian seated nearby, I laughed along with everyone else at the hilarious antics of the actors. How lucky can one be, eh!
These video's have helped me so much! I am studying Commedia right now in school and have been struggling with the characters, but now feel much more comfortable with them! They all make much more sense now. When I was first explained it all, the characters were so much to take in. Thanks again! (I'm playing one of the young lovers!)
Yes I wonder if it wasn't part of the esoteric understanding of the theatre at the time... The characters certainly work well with the planetary and other archetypal correspondences of the Sephirot
Wow. Such an informative and helpful video with getting to grips with the characters of Commedia dell'arte. A lot of info on the internet is ill-explained and contradictive to other sources, but this is great and Didi Hopkins is an undoubtable reliable source of knowledge on Commedia.
This is so interesting for me as a student of western Kabbalah - it seem to me that the diagram of the tree of life is used arbitrarily as a scheme to define the different energies/characters - interestingly enough - a scheme of 11 spheres is serving the characters - the diagram in its origin is 10 spheres where the 11th one is hidden. - in tantric numerology there are 11 archetypes which probably match betters - these 11 ‘faces’
Nothing I ever learned at school ever stuck with me as much as commedia did. Playing Brighella was the most I ever enjoyed acting. I have to find myself an improv group asap.
@@Sarah-ot6ls oh so you asked in real life? You went to this persons house and asked him to comment this exact thing on this exact RUclips video? Seems unlikely...
been out of school for many years and just watching this for fun cuz I find it interesting. but I've alway been a nerd for this kind of thing, even in school.
The two lovers (2nd actor + actress) were mentioned in the video, but don't feature in the final diagram. Do the lines show who can interact with who? I find these aspects of the diagram confusing, but apart from that I find this video very interesting.
Professor Twilley down at the Arlen Learning Annex was particularly impressed with my character Tartuffe the Spry Wonder Dog. My father was not amused by my performance, however. All he had to say was, "That boy ain't right."
Thank you for this wonderful video. I'm interested in graduate MFA programs that are in the UK. Would you have any suggestions for students in the United States that are very interested in attending graduate programs in the UK?
"An exaggerated mirror of society" that's when it all made sense. This play seems very disturbing nonetheless, but perhaps that's because it reflects on us humans, and shows the foolishness of our actions.
Hi! First, I must congratulate the team of young actors and their teachers!! Second, I have a question... is there really a difference between Magnifico and Pantalone? Sometimes I find that they are usually referred as the same character.
Enrique Nue Dear Sir, in Italian the word magnifico is equivalent to being magnificent in what you do. Normally it was the respectful way of calling a Notary Public who knew all the secrets of each family's possessions and contracts, therefore highly feared and respected. This attitude gave the magnifico a sense of grandeure and bombast. Now the Pantalone mask could be such a larger than life loud and magnificent character or indeed a decrepit old man who is still interested in sex but is myopic, forgetful and shuffles along with a squeeky voice and no dignity. In both cases he is a stingy and greedy merchant.
Manifico - seems to be about power but his power is only as strong as the demos who allow him to have it and Pantalone is about money and of course this creates his need
that diagram is the Tree of Life in Kabbalah, which is a map of occult energies and archetypes used in ceremonial magick. it's an interesting rabbit hole to research
Are the characters' positions on the diagram intended to correspond to the elements of the original 'Tree of Life' diagram? Or did the designer just like the shape and repurpose it?
I’m watching this for school quarantine work 😂😂
Same bruh
Issy Levy aye same bro
Ye haha
Same
drama be like
No one:
My brain cells during a test 8:00
omg lmao same
This comment is underrated
WHAT IS SHE DOING PLEASE-
i have to watch this for quarantine drama and im PISSING MYSELF LMFAOOO
SAMEEE BAHAHAHHA
Same lmaooo
SAME LOLLLLL
WHO CAME HERE FOR HOMEWORKKKKKKKKKKKKKK HAHAHA! i love this video
hannah s. MEEEEEE!!!
Me too hahahaha
indeed
Me as well
me too!
Hello, it's possible to extend the diagram out to the side, if you add two smaller circles to the outside of the diagram at the same height as the Witch and link with lines to the 1st Actor, 1st Actress, Pantalone & the Doctor. The young lovers (2nd Actor & 2nd Actress) are usually the children of the 1st Actor, 1st Actress, Pantalone or the Doctor. Because of their youth they sit outside the social hierarchy. Apologies for that omission from the diagram. Thank-you for your comment.
ok
BE ASHAMED THIS SUCKS
this is the MOST ridiculous thing I've ever seen....
This is just what every school is doing in drama bruh
Aa Squad ikr
bruh
Ya
ikr lol
Yep think theater or pedagogik. We learn about this sort of Views
5:04 me trying to impress someone.
Same 😂😂
loooool dead
5:04 when you're bathroom singing and it goes to far
I am watching this video because I became really interested in Commedia dell'Arte after having watched the trailer of Genshin Impact that introduces its 12 Harbingers, which are based on these characters. I never knew about these before, and I am glad to know more! Thank you so much for putting this video together. Know that it is still appreciated 11 years later today.
same
mmm
Ok
yeeah Genshin fans rise xD
I HAVE TO WATCH THIS FOR DRAMA CLASS AND WHEN I SAW THE NAMES I ALMOST DIED-
I've been laughing and enjoying this video tremendously. I'm an actor and I would LOVE to do a workshop on this, especially with a woman as knowledgable and amazing as Didi Hopkins. What a beautiful, awesome thing! I love how physical Commedia is. I would LOVE to watch this sort of theatre.
God bless them for keeping these traditions alive
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A very interesting and informative video - you can learn a lot in 9 minutes when information is put together well and clearly delivered.
well said. sometimes a short video like this can be much more informative and educational than a long documentary. there are way too many documentaries out there that either have nothing to teach you or contain misleading and manipulative information similar to what you see on ads
sameeeeeeeeeeeeeee
but you can also detect some misunderstanding about commedia dell´arte !! eh eh .
That´s the drama of academic teaching and learning.
I guess this is what every English child is doing in quarantine drama
Indian child as well
Mexican child as well lmao
German child as well
Belgian as well
im here for work as well lmao
1:17 my last brain cells in an exam
Horny Giorny 😂😂🤣🤣👍
More like 8:00
HOW CAN THEY DO THIS WITH A STRAIGHT FACE??
I know training like this gives rise to great interpretations and characters but still watching it at work is so strange.. xD
Welcome to the arts, dear! We spend a lot of time making fools of ourselves so we can hopefully make something worth experiencing later. (plus it desensitizes us to making fools of ourselves unintentionally)
@@thegnome73 That is an excellent answer to that question. Stealing.
@@dangerics7308 Without plagiarism I hope?
It’s like, this will help me land a part in East Enders in a year or two? Yes. Somehow, yes it will. Lol
When the focus is on the artuculation of a character or role, the attention is so involved with the activity, the thought of silliness or of being concerned about how one appears to others has no room to exist...
Years ago I unexpectedly came upon a Commedia dell'Arte production in a small square in Venice. Once I was given the premise of the action by an English-speaking Venetian seated nearby, I laughed along with everyone else at the hilarious antics of the actors. How lucky can one be, eh!
Thank you very much for your comment and best of luck in your performance.
These video's have helped me so much! I am studying Commedia right now in school and have been struggling with the characters, but now feel much more comfortable with them! They all make much more sense now. When I was first explained it all, the characters were so much to take in. Thanks again! (I'm playing one of the young lovers!)
I gotta ask who chose the " Tree of Life" to descibe a diagram of the archtypes in this form of theater....
right? very interesting, though.
Weird indeed.
Yes I wonder if it wasn't part of the esoteric understanding of the theatre at the time... The characters certainly work well with the planetary and other archetypal correspondences of the Sephirot
Thanks National Theatre, great great help for studying Commedia! Didi Hopkins is a great educator, I hope to work one day with this lady.
Watching this just to understand Genshin's Fatui lore
3:16 Boris Johnson be like:
I once did a project for theatre history about Commedia and the more I learn about it the more I want to take a workshop on it!!🤩
I know almost nothing about Commedia dell'Arte and I am already fascinated by this. It looks so realistic, this is amazing
I came here because of Genshin Impact
weird af, I have to watch this for school
decaine97 same lmao
haha same
lol same, we have a drama project
decaine97 omg same!!
Bruh everyone here because of stupid school😂 this is honestly so lame🙄😂
Here for school mah frends. My group can't do this without laughing or breaking character. XDD
Wow. Such an informative and helpful video with getting to grips with the characters of Commedia dell'arte. A lot of info on the internet is ill-explained and contradictive to other sources, but this is great and Didi Hopkins is an undoubtable reliable source of knowledge on Commedia.
Hi David
Am I the only one who's interested in the Eleven Fatui Harbringers instead? 😅
some people are here for school some people are here for genshin impact but all of us are gonna be learning something new ^_^
These NT films are excellent. My IB Theatre students find them clear and inspiring. thank you.
My school is starting a Commedia dell'Arte class, so this was extremely useful for really understanding what it's all about.
You are lucky your school is exposing you to this old form of theater!
This looks like so much fun man if everyone just fully sends it. But its harder than it looks these guys must be decently talented
Very good video, but where are Pulcinella and Pedrolino?
That's what I was wondering, I came to this video specifically for Pulcinella because I was given him as a school project but he isn't here.
5:15 When its 10mins before lunch
BAHAH
I honestly love this so much. The comment section has got to take themselves less seriously.
This is so interesting for me as a student of western Kabbalah - it seem to me that the diagram of the tree of life is used arbitrarily as a scheme to define the different energies/characters - interestingly enough - a scheme of 11 spheres is serving the characters - the diagram in its origin is 10 spheres where the 11th one is hidden.
- in tantric numerology there are 11 archetypes which probably match betters - these 11 ‘faces’
Thank you for all your comments and make sure you look at the other videos in this collection on Commedia dell'Arte.
I am writing an essay for schoolwork and this really helped me! Thank you!
great synthesis and video!!!! everything cristal clear. thank you
Nothing I ever learned at school ever stuck with me as much as commedia did. Playing Brighella was the most I ever enjoyed acting. I have to find myself an improv group asap.
Amazing, would love to be involved in a workshop like this
Looked at this in drama class in school lol😅 then we had to do something similar lol😂😂
5:04 When ur imposter in among us
Omg lmao 🤣🤣
Italy has such a beautiful culture, I'm so proud to be italian
Didn’t ask
@@nsn6652 oops i did :)
@@Sarah-ot6ls huh, that’s weird because I don’t see any evidence that proves you did...
@@nsn6652 sorry that I didn't ask in the comment section where everyone could see
@@Sarah-ot6ls oh so you asked in real life? You went to this persons house and asked him to comment this exact thing on this exact RUclips video? Seems unlikely...
This is an excellent explanation of Commedia del Arte
Teacher: the lessons not that boring
The lesson:
it is not boring then
@@DeafLoudness It is if you were put in the class you didn't even think about getting. I would have taken anything else other than theater arts.
i have to do a summary for this video AHHHHHHH
Lmao
lmao so true
Brilliant exposé, well done !
this was very helpful in understanding the stock characters. Thank you for making and sharing this
Those masks are fantastic! Whish I could have someone like them
Thank you so much this has helped me a lot :)
been out of school for many years and just watching this for fun cuz I find it interesting. but I've alway been a nerd for this kind of thing, even in school.
Wow, awesome vid, I like the kabbalistic diagram analogue
What a wonderful teacher she is
I love this so much! this is why I chose drama 🥰🥰
The two lovers (2nd actor + actress) were mentioned in the video, but don't feature in the final diagram. Do the lines show who can interact with who? I find these aspects of the diagram confusing, but apart from that I find this video very interesting.
Brilliant breakdown!!
Snezhnaya culture be like:
lol Genshin
LMAO NO PLS
shut up
this is amazing.
Thx for the video really helpful for my drama play
Came here after Genshin reference to this .
Professor Twilley down at the Arlen Learning Annex was particularly impressed with my character Tartuffe the Spry Wonder Dog. My father was not amused by my performance, however. All he had to say was, "That boy ain't right."
I love the amount of fellow students watching this video. I’m here for the same reason! 😂
Thank you for this wonderful video. I'm interested in graduate MFA programs that are in the UK. Would you have any suggestions for students in the United States that are very interested in attending graduate programs in the UK?
Fantastic! Thankx for posting.
Schoolwork makes me wanna die at this point lol
Suddenly, I understand the Yip Yips from Sesame Street.
Can I just say how much I love this video. I’ve come back to it countless times. Thank you.
"An exaggerated mirror of society" that's when it all made sense. This play seems very disturbing nonetheless, but perhaps that's because it reflects on us humans, and shows the foolishness of our actions.
You really understand this
Genshin Lore and Theorycrafting inc.
even as a theatre kid I think this is so weird, but hey... you gotta do what you gotta do as an actor
Although this is all for homework, this video is oddly comforting.
I'm just watching this because the teacher told us to and I'm just in amazement. I don't even know why LOL I think its the descriptions and acting
This looks so fun to do.
Hi! First, I must congratulate the team of young actors and their teachers!! Second, I have a question... is there really a difference between Magnifico and Pantalone? Sometimes I find that they are usually referred as the same character.
Enrique Nue Dear Sir, in Italian the word magnifico is equivalent to being magnificent in what you do. Normally it was the respectful way of calling a Notary Public who knew all the secrets of each family's possessions and contracts, therefore highly feared and respected. This attitude gave the magnifico a sense of grandeure and bombast. Now the Pantalone mask could be such a larger than life loud and magnificent character or indeed a decrepit old man who is still interested in sex but is myopic, forgetful and shuffles along with a squeeky voice and no dignity. In both cases he is a stingy and greedy merchant.
***** Thanks a lot!! ^^ Molte grazie!!
Manifico - seems to be about power but his power is only as strong as the demos who allow him to have it and Pantalone is about money and of course this creates his need
O Galileo Galileo Galileo Figaro! Magnifico-o-o-o
5:07 my last brain cell leaving me
HAHAGHAGHAGAHHGAHAHA
Im actually here just cuz I tried to google translate "glass" to italian.
Before you ask, I dunno either.
that diagram is the Tree of Life in Kabbalah, which is a map of occult energies and archetypes used in ceremonial magick. it's an interesting rabbit hole to research
1:19 wtaf
8:00 also wtaf
5:02 also also wtaf
i'm so confused lmfao
Nobody:
Mr Bean trying to tell the audience he’s hungry 5:14
'The age of classical music' lecture brought me here, the opera buffa part.
Didi Hopkins is an absolute treasure
great vid guyssss!!
Well articulated!
I’m watching this because of the Genshin Impact fatui harbingers
Great video
Very good teacher,
Are the characters' positions on the diagram intended to correspond to the elements of the original 'Tree of Life' diagram? Or did the designer just like the shape and repurpose it?
Ok who else is here from genshin impact
Me and my friend at 00:00
... 02:55
If they ask your fav part say the end. BRUV THIS GAVE ME AUTISM
This video is the pinnacle of multicultural autism.
Am I the only one who's here because they have a hyperfixation on Snezhnaya from genshin? And it's evolving
YES!
What is the structure of that diagram called? I've seen it in a few other contexts
Kabbalistic tree of life
5:07 Yvie Oddly dancing in the werkroom to Jaida’s song
This is so useful!
POV: your a British child doing this for drama work
Yup
yes
wonderfull!
I have to do this for drama work in the 3rd lockdown, we've watched 5 different ones at this point
amazing!!!!!
The part of anatomy between the hips is not the knee.