This course aims to provide students with tools of theoretical and historical knowledge concerning artistic, social, material and relational aspects of theatre arts, in the broader sense of the performative dimensions of human behaviour. The central objective is a wide and inclusive knowledge of the past and present of the scenic arts, oriented to enable the student to recognize, to experience and to activate creative processes, research actions and skills of practical organization within the horizon of performing arts. The first part of the course provides direct approaches to texts, profiles, documents and phenomena that during the last century changed the notion of theatre and transformed traditions, skills, values, concepts and terms of the theatre practices. In the final part the course will share materials, documents, meetings and fieldworks, in order to orientate the students to take part in ongoing projects of their cultural context.
Curriculum
Canali
teacher profile teaching materials
- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Programme
The course will focus on the following topics:- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
Core Documentation
Examination Readings for Attending Students:- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Type of evaluation
Oral examCanali
teacher profile teaching materials
- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Programme
The course will focus on the following topics:- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
Core Documentation
Examination Readings for Attending Students:- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Type of evaluation
Oral examCanali
Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R A - L MARENZI SAMANTHA
teacher profile teaching materials
- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Mutuazione: 20710328 TEATRO, SPETTACOLO, PERFORMANCE in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 R M - Z SOFIA GABRIELE
Programme
The course will focus on the following topics:- The art of Eleonora Duse and the tradition of the Great Actors (Grandi Attori) theatre
- The theatrical revolutions of the twentieth century
- Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre
- The works of Edward Gordon Craig and his network of relationships within twentieth-century theatre
- The 1912 production of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre
- Contemporary theatre and performance practices
Core Documentation
Examination Readings for Attending Students:- Mirella Schino, Eleonora Duse. Storie e immagini di una rivoluzione teatrale, Rome: Carocci, 2023.
- Mirella Schino, L’età dei maestri. Appia, Craig, Stanislavskij, Mejerchol'd, Copeau, Artaud e gli altri, Rome: Viella, 2017.
- Franco Ruffini, Stanislavskij. Dal lavoro dell’attore al lavoro su di sé, Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2003.
- Gabriele Sofia, Il sipario è la nostra bandiera. Craig, Lees, Guilbert fra Grande Guerra e fascismo, Rome: Carocci, 2025.
- William Shakespeare, Amleto; preferably in the edition edited by Alessandro Serpieri, Venice: Letteratura Universale Marsilio.
Additional Reading for Non-Attending Students:
- Edward Gordon Craig, L’arte del teatro. Il mio teatro, edited by Ferruccio Marotti, Cue Press, 2016.
Type of evaluation
Oral exam