There were several indoor stages to choose from. With the rise in popularity of commedia also came the expansion of theatre technology.[8] This new technology was not available to all commedia troupes, but when it was they often took advantage of it.[7] Communities often made ways to aid these troupes in finding places to perform, converting private homes and town halls.[6] When the troupes went to Europe, they used what theatres they could find and would also try to build new ones to continue aiding the art.[9]
Outdoor stages were utilized by dramatizing the daily lives, where merchants had to try and get the people's attention from the stage.[2][4] They often had a backdrop to show a general location.[10] Some scholars debate the immense stigma and hatred generated by these troupes.[11] This could have played a part in deterring people from performing in the street due to this stigma.[1] This stigma grew so much that actress Isabella Andreini wrote to the governor of Milan complaining about them.[4]
^ abJohnson, Eugene (2000). "Jacopo Sansovino, Giacomo Torelli, and the Theatricality of the Piazzetta in Venice". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 4 (4): 436–453. doi:10.2307/991620. JSTOR991620.
^Toughy, Thomas (2009). "Herculean Ferrara: Ercole d'Este (1471-1505) and the Invention of Ducal Capital". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
^ abcHenke, Robert (2002). "Performance and Literature in the Commedia dell'Arte". Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.: 19–34.
^Pallen, Thomas (1999). "Vasari on Theatre". Carbondale, US: Southern Illinois University Press.: 28–32.
^ abJohnson, Eugene (2005). "The Architecture of Italian Theatre around the Time of William Shakespeare". Shakespeare Studies: 23–50.
^ abcLea, Kathleen (1962). Italian Popular Comedy. Vol. 1. New York: Russell & Russell. p. 162.
^Henke, Robert (2008). "Border Crossing in the Commedia dell'Arte". Transitional Exchange in Early Modern Theatre, Burlington, US: Ashgate: 27–30.
^Ferguson, Ronnie (1999). "Venues and Staging in Ruzante's Theatre: A Practitioners Experience". The Renaissance Theartre: Texts, Performance, Design, Aldershore UK: Cambridge University Press.: 146–159.
