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| Cover | Release Date | Title/Subtitle |
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 | July 18th, 2022 | 40 Brilliant Comedies - Easily Played, Updated Scenarios from Flaminio Scala’s 1611 Collection “il Teatro delle Favole Rappresentative” An important book for any College or High School Drama department. 40 Brilliant Comedies is a collection of forty comic scenarios published first in 1611 by Flaminio Scala, translated, and reworked by i Sebastiani and friends to make them accessible and easily played without a deep dive into historic theater. Some additional scenes have been added to complete stories that were implied by Scala. |
 | February 25th, 2024 | 20 Commedia dell'Arte Scenarios from the 1570s - Translated, Updated, and Easily Staged Scenarios from Abagaro Francesco Baldi's Notebook Manuscript, With Prologues, Monologues, and one-liners The second volume of historic Commedia dell'Arte scenarios made playable in English, "20 Commedia dell'Arte Scenarios From the 1570s" is 20 comic & other play outlines and other fragments from a 1571-1580 manuscript by Abagaro Francesco Baldi (AKA Frescobaldi) whose stage name was Stefanelo Botarga. These plays were translated and reworked by i Sebastiani and friends with the same treatment as with 40 Brilliant Comedies. For seventeen of these plays, this is the first published translation into English. In one case, the first time transcribed and published in any language. |
 | July 2027 | Provoke and Be Provoked - A guide to learning to create and perform drama using Commedia dell'Arte Provoke and Be Provoked is a book for the classroom aimed at people relatively new to drama and the theater. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to learning what actors and writers need to do to get audiences to respond. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 1 - Flaminio Scala's Scenarios 1-25 Flaminio Scala's scenarios 1 through 25, rewritten to be faithful to the original, but corrected and disambiguated to make them playable without research. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 2 - Flaminio Scala's Scenarios 26-50 Flaminio Scala's Scenarios 26-50 rewritten to be faithful to the original, but corrected and disambiguated to make them playable without research. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 3 - Translated, Updated, and Easily Staged Scenarios from Abagaro Francesco Baldi's Notebook Manuscript, With Prologues, Monologues, and one-liners 20 comic & other play outlines and other fragments from a 1571-1580 manuscript by Abagaro Francesco Baldi (AKA Frescobaldi) whose stage name was Stefanelo Botarga. These plays were translated and reworked by i Sebastiani and friends with the same treatment as with 40 Brilliant Comedies. For seventeen of these plays, this is the first published translation into English. In one case, the first time transcribed and published in any language. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 4 - The Corsiniana Collection Part 1, Scenarios 1-25 The first 25 plays from a 100 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been translated into English. We provide both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 5 - The Corsiniana Collection Part 2, Scenarios 26-63 The second group of plays from a 100 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been translated into English. We provide both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2027 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 6 - The Corsiniana Collection Part 3, Scenarios 64-100 The final group of plays from a 100 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been translated into English. We provide both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | October 2028 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 7 - The Correr Collection Part 1, Scenarios 1-25 The half of plays from a 50 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been translated into English. We provide both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | October 2028 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 8 - The Correr Collection Part 2, Scenarios 26-50 The second half of plays from a 50 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been translated into English. We provide both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | February 2031 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 9 - The Locatelli Collection Part 1, Scenarios 1-25 The first 25 plays from a 103 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | February 2031 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 10 - The Locatelli Collection Part 2, Scenarios 26-51 The next 26 plays from a 103 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | February 2031 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 11 - The Locatelli Collection Part 3, Scenarios 52-77 The next 26 plays from a 103 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | February 2031 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 12 - The Locatelli Collection Part 4, Scenarios 78-103 The last 26 plays from a 103 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2032 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 13 - The Ciro Monarcha Collection Part 1, Scenarios 1-24 The first 24 plays from a 48 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2032 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 14 - The Ciro Monarcha Collection Part 2, Scenarios 25-48 The last 24 plays from a 48 play collection. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2032 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 15 - The Vatican Collection Part 1 The Vatican has two sets of about 20 scenarios. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2032 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 16 - The Vatican Collection Part 2 The Vatican has two sets of about 20 scenarios. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
 | July 2032 | The Complete Early Commedia dell'Arte Scenario Collection - Volume 17 - Firenze National Library The Firenze National Library has a manuscript with some later period scenarios. For most of these plays this is the first time they have been transcribed and published. It is also the first time they have been translated into English. We provide: the Italian transcription, and both a literal translation of the manuscript and reworked versions of these plays by i Sebastiani and friends to make them playable. |
