Editing Innamorati (section)

==Physical appearance and attributes==
The lovers are always young in age, possessing courteousness and gallantry. They are very educated, but lack life experiences that would have prepared them for the real world.<ref name=":2" /> They are very attractive and elegant in their appearance overall.<ref name="Duchartre">{{cite book |last=Duchartre |first=Pierre Louis |title=The Italian Comedy |publisher=Dover Publications |location=New York |date=1966 |pages=286–288}}</ref>

The women's dresses were of the finest silks and they wear showy jewelry characteristic of Renaissance style.<ref name="Gordon">{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Mel |title=Lazzi: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte |publisher=Performing Arts Journal Publications |date=1983}}</ref> The males wear soldier-like attire, while both genders wear extravagant wigs and also change clothes numerous times throughout the length of the production.<ref name="Rudlin" /> The costumes of the lovers were the fashion of the day, and the extravagance of the lovers costumes often represented the status of the [[commedia dell'arte]] company.<ref name=":0" />

The lovers never wear the masks, which is characteristic of most of the other stock characters in the commedia dell'arte. They do, however, wear a large amount of makeup and apply beauty marks to their faces.<ref name="Rudlin" />

Their speech is very eloquent Tuscan, as they are of high social status.<ref name=":0" /> When commedia dell'arte is played in England, the lovers often speak in [[Received Pronunciation]].<ref name=":0" /> They are well-read in poetry and often recite it at length from memory, and even tend to sing quite often.<ref name="Eick" /> Their language is full of flamboyant and lofty rhetoric so that most of what they say is not taken too seriously, by either the audience or the other characters.<ref name="Rudlin" /> Although their dramatics were laughable, their struggle as a romantic couple added a cultural layer to the show, adding tone of seriousness to the show.<ref name=":3" />{{page needed|date=November 2023}}