Artefacts

Villafranca

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
Historical drama written by Forzano on Cavour and his efforts towards national unification, which aims at legitimising Fascism as descending from Risorgimento.

First Performance Date:
1932-03-27
Author:
> Giovacchino Forzano
Additional Author:
> Benito Mussolini
First Performance Theatre:
> Teatro Argentina
Theatre Location:
> Rome
Genre:
> Historical Drama

Tags: State art Totalitarian art Nationalism Anti-liberalism New Man Assent Consensus Collectivity Sacralization Totalitarian realism Mass culture Hegemony Totalitarian consent Historicity Public spectacle