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At the end of the scene, buffoonery can be used (as it would be throughout the scene) to create comedy. A lazzi could be inserted on the lines ‘Give that to me’ and ‘No I’m taking this.’ Buffonery relies on over-exaggerated comic acting – so on the line ‘Give that to me’, I would have the actor playing Truffaldino punctuate each word, and almost short the word ‘me’. On the word ‘me’, I would have him exaggeratedly lunge forward and snatch the plate from the First Waiter, furrowing his brow to show his annoyance with him. I would have the First Waiter match this stance and pose, by shouting the word ‘this’, and snatching the plate back. I would then create a lazzi by having both actors participate in a ‘back/forth’ motion; a typically slapstick movement. I would have them squabble and quarrel over each other, seeming like children, creating humour by highlighting their stupidity. I would then have the lazzi culminate in them dropping the dish, and splashing food all over another Waiter who had just walked in. This lazzi would use the food described in the scene to the advantage of creating slapstick comedy for the enjoyment of the audience.

At the end of the scene, there seems to be an opportunity to exploit the ‘bawdy’ comedy known in commedia dell’arte theatre. A double-entendre is created by reference to the food ‘spotted dick’, to comedic effect. On the line ‘It can’t really be …. can it?’, I would have the actor playing Truffaldino look incredulous, furrowing his brow and widening his eyes in curiosity. I would have this line performed almost as a stage whisper to the audience. I would then have Truffaldino pick up a spoon, exaggeratedly plunge in into the spotted dick, as if examining it, then I would have him raise the spoon to his mouth in a slow, sustained manner. I would have him open his mouth wide in to a round ‘o’ and bulge his eyes, giving the spoon a phallic appearance and adding to the bawdy comedy of the scene. I would then have him quickly put the spotted dick in his mouth, and swallow exaggeratedly and appreciatively, nodding his head. I would then have him smile, lick his lips from side to side, making a slurping noise, and beam at the audience. On the line ‘Very tasty, actually’, I would have Truffaldino rub his stomach, looking satisfied, and raise his eyebrow slightly, smiling. This subverts the audience’s expectation of Truffaldino’s reaction; if he thought he was eating what he thought he was eating, the audience would expect him to be disgusted. However, he is a caricatured Harlequin; food is food. In this performance of Truffaldino, he would return back to his roots as a commedia dell’arte character.. The use of bawdy comedy through the double-entendre of the ‘spotted dick’, and the use of the caricatured Harlequin’s appreciation of food adds particularly commedia dell’arte style comedy to the scene. 

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