| Physical description |
xiv, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
In search of Italian theatre / Joseph Farrell -- Pt. I. The Middle Ages -- 1. Secular and religious drama in the Middle Ages / Nerida Newbigin -- Pt. II. The Renaissance -- 2. The Renaissance stage / Richard Andrews -- 3. Erudite comedy / Richard Andrews -- 4. Ariosto and Ferrara / Peter Brand -- 5. Machiavelli and Florence / Peter Brand -- 6. The Intronati and Sienese comedy / Richard Andrews -- 7. Ruzante and the Veneto / Ronnie Ferguson -- 8. Aretino and later comic playwrights / Peter Brand -- 9. Tragedy / Richard Andrews -- 10. Pastoral drama / Lisa Sampson -- 11. Commedia dell'arte / Kenneth Richards and Laura Richards -- Pt. III. The seventeenth century -- 12. The seventeenth-century stage / Maurice Slawinski -- Pt. IV. The Enlightenment -- 13. Arrivals and departures / Joseph Farrell -- 14. The Venetian stage / Guido Nicastro -- 15. Carlo Goldoni, playwright and reformer / Piermario Vescovo -- 16. Carlo Gozzi / Alberto Beniscelli -- 17. Metastasio and the melodramma / Costantino Maeder -- 18. Vittorio Alfieri / Gilberto Pizzamiglio -- Pt. V. The Risorgimento and united Italy -- 19. The Romantic theatre / Ferdinando Taviani -- 20. The theatre of united Italy / Paolo Puppa -- 21. The dialect theatres of Northern Italy / Roberto Cuppone -- 22. Neapolitan theatre / Gaetana Marrone -- 23. Sicilian dialect theatre / Antonio Scuderi -- Pt. VI. The modern age -- 24. Actors, authors and directors / Joseph Farrell -- 25. Innovation and theatre of the grotesque / Joseph Farrell -- 26. The march of the avant-garde / Donatella Fischer -- 27. Luigi Pirandello / Paolo Puppa -- 28. Italo Svevo, dramatist / Paolo Puppa -- 29. D'Annunzio's theatre / John Wooohouse -- 30. Theatre under fascism / Clive Griffiths -- 31. Pier Paolo Pasolini / Robert S. C. Gordon -- 32. Dario Fo / Joseph Farrell -- 33. Contemporary women's theatre / Sharon Wood -- 34. The contemporary scene / Paolo Puppa. |
| Summary |
"With the aim of providing a comprehensive history of Italian drama from its origins to the present day, this book treats theatre in its widest sense, discussing the impact of all the elements and figures integral to the collaborative process of theatre-making. The impact of designers, actors, directors anti impresarios, as well as of playwrights, is subjected to critical scrutiny, while individual chapters examine the changes in technology and shifts in the cultural climate which have influenced theatre."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Other author |
Farrell, Joseph.
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Puppa, Paolo, 1945-
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| Subject |
Theater -- Italy -- History.
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Italian drama -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780521802659 (hardback) |
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0521802652 (hardback) |
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