The Shelley party not only went to La Scala, but also enjoyed a performance at Milan’s only puppet theatre, Teatro Fiando. This article provides the title of this puppet show and offers evidence of the play-text, one version of which is found in the archives of the world-famous Milan-based puppeteers, the Colla family. Furthermore, the article speculates as to the Shelley party’s peculiar and considerably specific interest in puppet shows, which is read as a sign of potential awareness of the political import of and critique implicit in them, and especially in the history of the puppet they saw on stage, Gerolamo, as well as evidence of a sustained interest in movement, gesture, and the body.
Gli Shelley e Claire Clairmont trascorsero la sera del 13 aprile 1818 al Teatro Fiando, il teatro di marionette di Milano. In questo articolo si forniscono il titolo dello spettacolo cui assistettero e una versione del copione reperita presso l’archivio dei marionettisti Colla. Inoltre si indicano due potenziali motivi di interesse che avrebbero potuto condurre gli Shelley e Claire Clairmont al Teatro Fiando: la consapevolezza del potenziale politico del teatro popolare e delle mario- nette, in particolare di Gerolamo, la marionetta protagonista della scena milanese, e la poetica della meccanica delle marionette, che suscita riflessioni sul movimento, il gesto e l’uso espressivo del corpo.
In the Evening, go to the Theatre of the Marionetti : Claire Clairmont, the Shelleys, and Gerolamo de la Crina / A. Anselmo. - In: L'ANALISI LINGUISTICA E LETTERARIA. - ISSN 1122-1917. - 27:3(2020), pp. 89-105.
In the Evening, go to the Theatre of the Marionetti : Claire Clairmont, the Shelleys, and Gerolamo de la Crina
A. Anselmo
2020
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The Shelley party not only went to La Scala, but also enjoyed a performance at Milan’s only puppet theatre, Teatro Fiando. This article provides the title of this puppet show and offers evidence of the play-text, one version of which is found in the archives of the world-famous Milan-based puppeteers, the Colla family. Furthermore, the article speculates as to the Shelley party’s peculiar and considerably specific interest in puppet shows, which is read as a sign of potential awareness of the political import of and critique implicit in them, and especially in the history of the puppet they saw on stage, Gerolamo, as well as evidence of a sustained interest in movement, gesture, and the body.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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