Commedia dell’Arte Is an Italian form of theatre which comedy is created by inprovisation and a collection of stock characters. It literally means 'comedy of The actors'. It was started within the 16th century and continued until the 18th century.Commedia dell’Arte Influenced the work of many play writers including Shakespeare.Commedia dell’Arte At had big influence on Shakespeare's 'taming of the shrew'. An example within 'the taming of the shrew' could be tranio. Tranio is melodramatic and adds slapstick elements to the play. Another example of Commedia dell’Arte within taming of the shrew is the pantaloon character gremio. Gremio is an old man is punished and made into laughing stock for inappropriately going after bianca who is a young