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Andrea Calcese (1595–1656), also calledCiuccio, was an Italian comic actor of theBaroque era. He is best remembered as one of the fill the role ofPulcinella. He worked underSilvio Fiorillo in Naples. He began reciting verses at the theater atSan Giorgio dei Genovesi, adding comic touches. In 1618, he began taking the mask and costume of Pulcinella, and because renown for his talented improvisational recitations. He is said to have been a lawyer prior to becoming a comic actor. He was born inNaples, and died there from the plague in 1656. His pupil wasMichele Fracanzani.

• Boni, Filippo de' (1852).Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 167.

• Male actors from Naples
• Commedia dell'arte
• 17th-century Italian male actors
• Renaissance sculptors
• 17th-century deaths from plague (disease)
• 1595 births
• 1656 deaths
• 17th-century Neapolitan people

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