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Sciantosa

Sciantosa logo #10101) Stock character 2) Variety show
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Sciantosa

Sciantosa logo #21000 In Italian theatrical culture, the term sciantosa (pl.: `sciantose`) refers to a stock character that developed from the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century in such popular genres such as café-concert, variety show, avanspettacolo, and revue. The term is a distortion of the French word chanteuse (feminine form of `singer`), and w...
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