There is no definitive script of "Ubu Roi." The eight actors in the performance ensemble - including Newman himself, who also directs - have woven everything from Shakespeare to commedia del arte into a show that presents some 100 characters in clownishly outrageous costumes.

This is a very detailed and interesting study of the Venetian theatrical year in its different genres in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries: improvised comedy (Commedia del Arte), opera, opera buffa, scripted comedy, and musical performances.

Stageloft Theater's "Commedia del Arte" production is a cockeyed wonder, a comedy that assails you with its high spirits and good-natured anarchy.

The market reacted to this more detailed knowledge accordingly: Bustelli figures in white dating from 1765-75 ranged from 5,000 [pounds sterling] to 8,000 [pounds sterling]; finely decorated sculptures by the same master dating from 1760-65 in good condition are now reaching between 40,000 [pounds sterling] and 80,000 [pounds sterling]; Bustelli figures from the Commedia del Arte series realise 100,000 [pounds sterling]-200,000 [pounds sterling] depending on the quality of the cast, decoration and condition.

It's called The Style and is derived from Georges Bigot's Theatre du Soleil, Commedia del Arte, and their own sensibilities.