i Sebastiani - Timeline Capitano
 
Commedia dell'Arte Capitano Timeline
Before 1545
The details on this timeline come from numerous secondary sources, but most of them come from Anne MacNeil's Music and Women of the Commedia dell'Arte in the Late Sixteenth Century, Oxford University Press, c2003. This book gives pointers and translated excerpts from primary sources. Some additional references are from Robert Henke's Performance and Literature in the Commedia dell'Arte, Cambridge University Press, c2002.
Year
A
B
C
D
1545        
1546      
1547      
1548      
1549        
1550        
1551      
1552      
1553      
1554      
1555        
1556      
1557      
1558      
1559      
1560      
1561      
1562      
1563      
1564      
1565      
1566       Mantuan Documents first mention 'The Spaniard in the plays"
1567        
1568        
1569        
1570        
1571     Confidenti's Capitano Cocodrillo played by Fabrizio de Fornaris  
1572        
1573        
1574        
1575        
1576        
1577        
1578        
1579        
1580        
1581        
1582        
1583        
1584   Uniti had Captain Cardone Confidenti's Fornaise wrote an impromtu comedy called Angelica. As Cocodrillo he spoke only Spanish.  
1585        
1586        
1587        
1588      
1589 Gelosi had Captain Cardone in cast of 'Pazzia'      
1590        
1591        
1592        
1593        
1594        
1595        
1596        
1597        
1598        
1599        
1600        
1601        
1602      
1603    
1604