L'Ambleto di Testori, ovvero Ruzante a Lomazzo. Schede storiche e linguistiche

This paper focuses on linguistic and literary intersections between Testori’s Ambleto
(1972) and Ruzante’s theatre, with particular attention to the comedy named Moschetta. Moschetta
had been recited by Franco Parenti and Testori – as he himself testifies – was crucially influenced by
this staging, and especially by the language Parenti used in order to recreate Ruzante’s dialect. This
paper tries to document the importance of that experience with respect to the Ambleto and to its
contaminated and extremist language, pointing out some specific features that Testori might have
taken from Moschetta.