Università Roma Tre

The course aims to offer a global vision of the historical development of European Theatre, through a series of close ups on themes and changes of its values and conditions, from Mediaeval culture to contemporary performance. The notion of cultural performance will be assumed as a key concept, in order to enlarge the horizon of the artistic and cultural values of theatre to other fields and practices of representation (Dance, ritual, celebration).
In its first part, the course deals with texts and contexts of books considered as groundbreaking sources for the theory and practice of the Western performer in 20th century (Artaud, Brecht, Grotowski).
In the second period, through the reading of Shakespeare's Hamlet, a focus will concern the dramatic tradition in European modern theatre.
In the final period, taking part in meeting and panels with operators, curators and performers, the students will share ongoing projects and current trends in Italian contemporary theatre

A. Artaud, Il teatro e il suo doppio, Einaudi, Torino; B. Brecht, Scritti teatrali, Einaudi, Torino; J. Grotowski, Testi. Volume II, Il teatro povero (1965-69),La casa Usher, Firenze;
W. Shakespeare, Amleto, edizione e traduzione a c. di A. Serpieri, Marsilio
2 testi a scelta tra i seguenti tre:
M. Schino, L’età dei maestri, Viella, Roma; E. Barba, La conquista della differenza, Bulzoni, Roma; F. Cruciani, Lo spazio del teatro, Laterza, Bari.
For non attending students: R. Guarino, Shakespeare. La scrittura nel teatro, Carocci, Roma; oppure il terzo dei testi a scelta.

The course focuses on the transition between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly following the thread of Eleonora Duse. The theatre of this period is a theatre undergoing great changes. The passage from the period of the Great Actor to that of the New Theatre has always been seen as a drastic caesura. The course investigates the threads of continuity and the peculiarities of Eleonora Duse's art and life.

Mirella Schino, Il teatro di Eleonora Duse, Roma, Bulzoni, 2008
Francesca Simoncini, Eleonora Duse capocomica, Firenze, Le Lettere, 2011
Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol’d, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Roma, Viella, 2017
Ferdinando Taviani, Le visioni del teatro, Roma, Bulzoni, 2021
Gli studenti leggeranno inoltre almeno uno di questi tre drammi a scelta (più una introduzione o un approfondito profilo biografico sull’autore): 1) Gabriele d’Annunzio, La città morta, oppure 2) Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, oppure 3) Ibsen, La donna del mare.