Louise George Clubb talks about Italian Renaissance comedy, which began with classical writers Plautus and Terence and was rediscovered by sixteenth-century Italian writers of comedy including Ariosti, Bibbieno, and Machiavelli; the influence of the Italian form on Shakespeare; and its continuing effectiveness in modern forms such as the film Tootsie.
At the time of this interview, Clubb was professor of comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley.
This edition of Soundings was conducted by Wayne J. Pond.
