272 pages, indexed, illustrated with black and white sketches. The pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid.""Playing Commedia offers a practical guide to the skills, characters and history of Commedia dell'Arte through graded games and illustrated exercises. It provides a useful tool in any actor's training and a discipline for all forms of physical theatre." (back cover) and from the front cover: Warm-up games; Mime and movement; Word games Face masks; The legacy of Commedia dell'arte.