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Pages in category "Italian clockmakers". The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lazzi (/ ˈ l ɑː t s i /; from the Italian lazzo, a joke or witticism) are stock comedic routines that are associated with commedia dell'arte.Performers, especially those playing the masked Arlecchino, had many examples of this in their repertoire, and would use improvisatory skills to weave them into the plot of dozens of different commedia scenarios.
Life Is Beautiful ( Italian: La vita è bella, Italian: [la ˈviːta ˈɛ bˈbɛlla]) is a 1997 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employs his imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment ...
Figures and legends of Italian folklore. Below is a list of the folklore figures who have animated Italian folk tales since ancient Rome.. Traditional characters. In Italian folklore, the Befana is an old woman who delivers gifts to children throughout Italy on Epiphany Eve (the night of January 5) in a similar way to Santa Claus or the Three Magi Kings.
Premiere. 17 February 1904. ( 1904-02-17) La Scala, Milan. Madama Butterfly ( Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa . It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...
List by country Australia. In Australia, the number 1194 was the speaking clock in all areas. The service started in 1953 by the Post Master General's Department, originally to access the talking clock on a rotary dial phone, callers would dial "B074", during the transition from a rotary dial to a DTMF based phone system, the talking clock number changed from "B074" to 1194.
Sad clown paradox. The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [1] [2] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical ...
The film is divided into many small episodes: various characters represent the typical vices and comedy of Italian society (especially Rome) early 2000. These characters are ruled by the King of Jokes, in Paradise , which is commissioned by San Gennaro who promise them eternal life.