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A Comparison between Commedia Dell' Arte and Trestle Commedia and Trestle are both mask performance companies each with its own mask rules and styles. Commedia is mostly set in olden times and uses more traditional characters and plots, where as Trestle tackles more up to date issues and focuses on more of an emotion than a character. Commedia was mostly popular from the 15th to 17th century, but was said to have been derived from the Ancient Greeks comedies (Fabula Arellana). Trestle on the other hand is a recent company and was only established 1981 by Toby Wilshire, Sally Cook and Alan Riley. Commedia was originally an Italian based company and uses half masks. Trestle is an English based company and uses full masks. Both companies inspired other shows and companies such as Cirque Du Soliet. With Commedia if the audience had seen the last play they did, they would already...

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