La resurrezione dei Santi
Subtitle: "tragicommedia sacra" di Venafro
By: Ron Jenkins, traduzione dall'inglese all'italiano a cura di Maria Giusti
Series: Biblioteca teatrale. Memorie di teatro -- 34; Biblioteca teatrale (Bulzoni editore) -- 34bis
Publisher: Bulzoni Editore
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita; eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9788868971588
Subjects: Italian Religious drama; History and criticism; Theater; History
Description: "Theater is an art of small miracles. One of these materializes every time the "Triumphant Religion" is represented in the small hill town of Venafro (Italy) where the inhabitants have kept it as a living form of Sacred Theater through which to express all their devotion to the Patron Saints, who represent the heart of the country's identity. Written in 1792 by Giuseppe Macchia "The triumphant religion in the Martyrdom of Saints Nicandro, Marciano, and Daria" is the triumph of theatricality. The show is little known outside of Venafro, but it is rich in elements of the great theater: epic conflicts, tragic injustice, compelling characters, supernatural interventions, provocative comedy, heart-rending family separations, madness, tyranny, beheadings, political revolution and spiritual resurrection . These elements intertwine with each other in a complex structure that recalls the classic theatrical traditions of the past, from the ancient Greek drama to the medieval dramas of mystery, to the commedia dell'arte Italian and to the modern masterpieces of the Nobel Prize Dario Fo. The following volume contains the text of the sacred tragedy of the Macchia together with the testimonies of the citizens of Venafro who have interpreted the drama for centuries helping to keep alive the memory of their saints. Theater is an art of small miracles. One of these small miracles takes place at all times in the tiny mountain town of Venafro, Italy, where the citizens have kept living as a living room of the town's identity.Written in 1792 by Giuseppe Macchia "Religion Triumphant in the Martyrdom of Saints Nicandro, Marciano, and Daria" is a triumph of theatricality. Venafro, but it is packed with elements of great theater: epic conflicts, tragic injustice, compelling characters, supernatural interventions, provocative comedy, heartbreaking family separations, madness, tyranny, beheadings, political revolution, and spiritual resurrection. Ancient Greek Drama and Medieval Mystery plays to Italian Commedia Dell'Arte and the modern masterpieces of the Nobel Laureate Dario Fo. This book includes the text of Macchia's "sacred tragicomedy" along with the testimony of the citizens of Venafro Ron Jenkins, beneficiary of the scholarships of Guggenheim and Fulbright, has directed and / or translated the works of Dario Fo and Franca Rame for the repertoire of the American Theater of Harvard, and other places in Europe and America. Professor of theater at Wesleyan University and external professor at Yale Divinity School. Jenkins is the author of numerous books and was named Honorary Member of the Dante Society of America for having performed theatrical representations of excerpts from Dante's "Divine Comedy" in prisons throughout Italy, Indonesia and the United States. Ron Jenkins, a recipient of Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, has directed and performed the plays of Dario Fo and Franca Rame at Harvard's American Repertory Theater and other venues throughout North America. A Professor of Theater at Wesleyan University and a Visiting Professor at the Yale Divinity School, Jenkins is the author of numerous books and has been named an Honorary Fellow of the Dante Society of America in recognition of his work staging excerpts from Dante's Divine Comedy "In prisons throughout Italy, Indonesia, and the United States. Maria Giusti, graduated in Foreign Languages ​​and Literature, expert in Marketing and Tourism. Poet awarded in several Literary Contests and published in various poetic anthologies. Giusti is the author of numerous syllogues, the last of which is "Assenzio". His previous work "And if so it were", a short poem written for the theater, received awards and acknowledgments, the last of which from the Società Dante Alighieri of La Spezia which awarded the "Sigillo di Dante", edition 2019, awarded "The Lunigiana Award". Maria Giusti holds degrees in Foreign Languages ​​and Literatures and is an expert in marketing and tourism. As a poetess she has been awarded numerous literary prizes and has been published in several Poetry anthologies. Giusti is the author of numerous works, most recently "Wormwood." Dante "conferred by the Dante Alighieri Society of La Spezia." --Publisher's web site, viewed 9/5/2019
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Italian and English.