Artefacts

L'inventore del cavallo

Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:
This 1925 farce shows similarities with the provocations typical of Futurist theatre; its comical effect is based on farcical devices common to the theatre of the absurd, and the play was marked by a satirical intent towards traditional academic culture.

First Performance Date:
1925-04-24
Author:
> Achille Campanile
First Performance Theatre:
> Teatro degli Indipendenti
Theatre Location:
> Rome
Genre:
> Farcical Comedy

Tags: Autonomy Bourgeois intellectual Avant-gardism Elite culture Aesthetic modernity Aesthetic critique