A point of contact between the two traditions may be found in the commedie maggiaiuole, a sort of May-day shows also represented by the Rozzi, but of a more idealized character than the rustic drama proper.
These characters and their established costumes were derived from different cities of Italy, and were traditional from the earliest appearance of the Commedie dell' arte.
One summer Salvator Rosa joined a company of young persons who were curiously addicted to the making of commedie all' improviso.
The first were moulded on classical models, recited in their academies to a select audience, and performed by amateurs; but thecommedie a soggetto, the extemporal comedies, were invented by professional actors of genius.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commedie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
