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commedia dell'arte

a type of Italian comedy developed in the 16th through 18th cent. and employing a stereotyped plot, improvised dialogue, and stock characters such as Pantaloon, Harlequin, and Columbine

See commedia dell'arte in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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