Thomas Stearns Eliot, the great poet, was born on 26 September 1888, in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to England when he was 25, eventually renouncing his American citizenship and becoming a British citizen.He was also a playwright and his first play was “The Rock” written and performed in 1934 to raise money for the… Read More T.S. Eliot: The Rock
“Die Moritat von Mackie Messer”, spesso tradotta in inglese come “Mack the Knife” e in italiano come “La ballata di Mackie Messer” è una canzone la cui musica fu composta da Kurt Weill su testo di Bertolt BrechtMoritat (da “mord” che significa “assassinio” e “tat” che vuol dire “impresa” ) è un tipo di ballata… Read More La ballata di Mackie Messer 🔪
“The Threepenny Opera” (“Die Dreigroschenoper”) is a “play with music” by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation of John Gay‘s 18th-century English ballad opera, “The Beggar’s Opera”, with music by Kurt Weill.Brecht did far more than just translate Gay’s play, he reworked it to reflect the decadence of his period and of the Weimar republic.… Read More Mack the Knife (Moritat) 🔪
English poet George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, was born on 22 January 1788, into a family of fast-decaying nobility.He died in Missolonghi, in Greece, on 19 April 1824, at the age of 36, from a relapsing fever (possibly malaria) as well as the poor medical practices of the time. Lord Byron wrote the poem… Read More “On this Day I Complete my Thirty-Sixth Year”
On 29 December 1170, Thomas à Becket, archbishop of Canterbury was assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by four knights at King Henry II’ bidding. Soon after his death, he was canonised by Pope Alexander III and his shrine in Canterbury Cathedral became an important focus for pilgrimage.He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both… Read More Murder in the Cathedral
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, (1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. He was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day and greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year and became the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe’s mysterious early death.… Read More Marlowe in Love
Un dramma di Henrik Ibsen dal contenuto fortemente attuale, che racconta il rischio corso da ogni società democratica quando chi ne è alla guida è corrotto e la maggioranza resta sottomessa all’autorità pur di salvaguardare il proprio interesse personale. L’opera non è ambientata nella Norvegia del 1882, ma in una non meglio precisata contea americana… Read More 🎭 Un nemico del popolo🎭
Tre donne sono intente a lavorare a maglia in modo quasi rabbioso in un tugurio fatiscente. La loro convivenza si dimostra dalle prime battute litigiosa, in un continuo battibeccare in un linguaggio a volte incomprensibile, in cui il siciliano si alterna al pugliese. Con loro c’è un ragazzo ipercinetico, Arturo, con una veste femminile recuperata… Read More 🎭 Misericordia 🎭
“Falstaff e il suo servo” di Nicola Fano e Antonio Calenda, con Franco Branciaroli e Massimo De Francovich. Lo spettacolo, liberamente ispirato a varie opere shakespeariane, evoca le avventure di Falstaff mettendolo a confronto con il Servo, un personaggio di pura invenzione. I due sono contrapposti in ogni aspetto, a partire dal fisico, tanto grasso… Read More 🎭 Falstaff e il suo servo 🎭
Il drammaturgo norvegese Henrik Johan Ibsen morì a Oslo esattamente 113 anni fa (23 maggio 1906) Ho da poco assistito al Piccolo Teatro Grassi di Milano al dramma del 1982 “Il costruttore Solness” capolavoro non molto rappresentato della maturità di Ibsen. Narra la storia di un uomo potente, un gran costruttore di case,… Read More 🎭 “Il costruttore Solness” 🎭
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