Komedia dellarte: między lokalnością a globalnością

Commedia dell’arte: between localism and globalism Abstract Subject to the present review is Lokalność i mobilność kulturowa teatru. Śladami Arlekinai Pulcinelli of Ewa Bal. The author analyzes Italian dialectical theatre from a doubleperspective: local and global mobility of culture. She observes how two principal masks ofcommedia dell’arte – Harlequin and Pulcinella – evolved over the years, by investigating theirrelation to political context that may result in domestication or foreignization. Keywords: Ewa Bal, commedia dell’arte, intercultural transfer, cultural mobility, localism andglobalism of the theatre, Harlequin, evolution of masks, dialectical theatre, drama in politicalcontext