Joseph Farrell / Paolo Puppa (eds.)

A History of Italian Theatre

Herausgeber: Farrell, Joseph; Puppa, Paolo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of Italian theatre from its origins to the the time of this book's publication in 2006.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 853g
• ISBN-13: 9780521802659
• ISBN-10: 0521802652
• Artikelnr.: 22556639

Autorenporträt

Joseph Farrell is Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Strathclyde.
Paolo Puppa is Professor of History of the Italian Theatre at the University of Venice and the chair of the Department of the History of the Arts.

Inhaltsangabe

1. In search of Italian theatre Joseph Farrell
Part I. Middle Ages: 2. Secular and religious drama in the Middle Ages Nerida Newbigin
Part II. The Renaissance Stage: 3. The Renaissance stage Richard Andrews
4. Comedy: erudite comedy Richard Andrews
5. Ariosto and Ferrara Peter Brand
6. Machiavelli and Florence Peter Brand
7. The Intronati and Sienese comedy Richard Andrews
8. Ruzante and the Veneto Ronnie Ferguson
9. Aretino and later comic playwrights Peter Brand
10. Tragedy Richard Andrews
11. Renaissance bibliography, pastoral drama Lisa Sampson
12. Commedia dell'arte Kenneth and Laura Richards
Part III. Seventeenth Century: 13. The seventeenth-century stage Maurice Slawinski
Part IV. Enlightenment Theatre: 14. Arrivals and departures Joseph Farrell
15. The Venetian stage Guido Nicastro
16. Carlo Goldoni, playwright and reformer Piermario Vescovo
17. Carlo Gozzi Alberto Beniscelli
18. Metastasio and melodramma Costantino Maeder
19. Vittorio Alfieri Gilberto Pizzamiglio
Part V. Risorgimento and United Italy: 20. The Romantic theatre Ferdinando Taviani
21. The theatre of united Italy Paolo Puppa
22. The dialect theatres of Northern Italy Roberto Cuppone
23. Neopolitan theatre Gaetana Marrone
24. Sicilian dialect theatre Antonio Scuderi
Part VI. The Modern Age: 25. Actors, authors and directors Joseph Farrell
26. Innovation and theatre of the grotesque Donatella Fischer
27. Luigi Pirandello Paolo Puppa
28. Italo Svevo, dramatist Paolo Puppa
29. D'Annunzio's theatre John Woodhouse
30. Theatre under fascism Clive Griffiths
31. Pier Paolo Pasolini Robert S. C. Gordon
32. Dario Fo Joseph Farrell
33. Women in theatre Sharon Wood
34. The contemporary scene Paolo Puppa.