Artefacts

Questa sera si recita a soggetto

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
This 1930 comedy, last play of the trilogy of 'theatre within the theatre', addresses the relationship between the director and the actors: a theatre company is about to perform an improvisation of a novella by Pirandello, but they argue with the director on how to do it.

First Performance Date:
1930-04-14
Author:
> Luigi Pirandello
Director:
> Guido Salvini
First Performance Theatre:
> Teatro Carignano
Theatre Location:
> Torino
Genre:
> Comedy

Tags: Cultural modernity State art New Man Elite culture Aesthetic modernity Aesthetic critique

Themes:

Meta theatre