Teatro inglese lm

A. The art gallery on stage
Unit A focuses on some contemporary British plays that consider galleries and art museums as sources of inspiration, spaces of encounter (and clash), and mirrors of the stage. The unit shows how, behind the not always peaceful intersections between art and theatre, there are latent conflicts that affect not only individuals (artists, art dealers or subjects of the work) but also society and the nation as a whole.

Playtexts:

_ Samuel Beckett, "That Time" in Samuel Beckett. The Complete Dramatic Works, London, Faber and Faber, 1990, pp.385-97 (in Ariel)
_the film version of Beckett's That Time directed by Charles Garrad is available at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ_t8E0oue0
_Mark Ravenhill, "pool (no water)", in Mark Ravenhill. Plays 2, London, Bloomsbury, 2016, pp. 293-323 (in Ariel)
_Tim Crouch, ENGLAND. A Play for Galleries, London, Oberon Modern Plays, 2007 (in Ariel)
_Timberlake Wertenbaker, The Line, London, Faber and Faber, 2009

Critical works:
_M. Cavecchi, The Art Gallery on Stage, London, Bloomsbury, 2024, pp. 1-24 (in Ariel)
_S. Bottoms, "Materialising the Audience: Tim Crouch's Sight Specifics in ENGLAND and The Author", Contemporary Theatre Review (in Ariel)
_S. Graham, pool. A Comprehensive Guide, pp. 1-31 (in Ariel)

Non-attending students add:

_S. Bennett, theatre & museums, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
_ Enoch Brater, "That Time on That Space", in Beyond Minimalism: Beckett's late style in theater,
1987, pp. 37-51 (in Biblioteca di Anglistica)
__ Janine Hauthal, "Towards a Narrative Aesthetic? The Scarcity of Stage Directions as (Text-)Theatrical Challenge in Plays by Crimp, Ravenhill and Stephens", Z Literaturwiss Linguistik (2018) 48:541-559 (in Ariel)



B. Questions of identity in contemporary British theatre

Unit B looks at texts that deal with questions of truth and identity. From the attempts to define Anne/Anny/Annuska in Martin Crimp's 'Attempts on Her Life' to the clones of Caryl Churchill's 'A Number', from the hypnotist's games in Tim Crouch's 'An Oak Tree' to the truth of Artemisia Gentileschi on trial, all these texts question the nature of identity, but also the complicated relationship between theatre and truth. What is true and what is false on stage?

Playtexts:
_Martin Crimp, Attempts on Her Life, London, Faber and Faber, 1997 (in Ariel)
_Tim Crouch, An Oak Tree, Oberon Modern Plays, London, 2005 (in Ariel)
_Breach, It's True, It's True, It's True, London, Oberon Books, 2018 (in Ariel)
_the video recording of Breach's It's True, It's True, It's True available at the link: https://unimi2013.sharepoint.com/:v:/s/StoriadelteatroingleseLT2020-212/EWHYqCoSv_dImXsvMFulBVgBlknvZKNU7NXY8Mryyp49ag?nav=eyJyZWZlcnJhbEluZm8iOnsicmVmZXJyYWxBcHAiOiJTdHJlYW1XZWJBcHAiLCJyZWZlcnJhbFZpZXciOiJTaGFyZURpYWxvZy1MaW5rIiwicmVmZXJyYWxBcHBQbGF0Zm9…

Critical works:

_H. Zimmerman, "Images of Woman in Martin Crimp's Attempts On Her Life", European Journal of English Studies, 7:1, 69-85 (in Ariel)
_D. Lane, "A Dramaturg's Perspective", Studies in Theatre and Performance, 30:1, 2010 (in Ariel)
_E. Mackay, "It's True, It's True, It's True: Artemisia on Trial by Breach Theatre", Theatre Journal, vol. 27, 4, December 2020, pp. 509-12 (in Ariel)

Non-attending students add:

_A. Haydon, "Theatre in the 2000s", in D. Rebellato (ed.), modern british playwriting 2000-2009, London, Bloomsbury, 2013, pp. 40-98 (in Biblioteca di Anglistica)
_J. Hauthal, "Towards a Narrative Aesthetic? The Scarcity of Stage Directions as (Text-)Theatrical Challenge in Plays by Crimp, Ravenhill and Stephens", Z Literaturwiss Linguistik (2018) 48:541-559 (in Ariel)
_National Theatre Education - Katie Mitchell's Attempts on Her Life Research Pack 2007 (in Ariel)
_S. Bottoms,"Authorizing the Audience: The conceptual drama of Tim Crouch", Performance Research, 2009, 14:1, 65-76 (in Ariel)



C. Applied Shakespeare
Unit C explores theatrical experiences that use Shakespearean theatre as a means of support, education, care and rehabilitation, supporting or sometimes opposing the work of schools, refugee camps, prisons and many other realities outside the official theatre.

_ William Shakespeare, Hamlet, The New Cambridge Shakespeare or Arden Shakespeare edition
_ William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, The New Cambridge Shakespeare or Arden Shakespeare edition
_ William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, The New Cambridge Shakespeare or Arden Shakespeare edition (in Ariel)

Critical works:

_the introductions to the plays - The New Cambridge Shakespeare or Arden Shakespeare editions
_A. Hulsmeier, Applied Shakespeare. A Transformative Encounter?, London, Palgrave, 2008, pp. 1-24 (in Ariel)

Non-attending students add:

__A. Hulsmeier, Applied Shakespeare. A Transformative Encounter?, London, Palgrave, 2008 (in Ariel), pp. 25-102 (in Ariel)

 
Students are invited to attend at least one of the following performances:

_ "L'ultimo nastro di Krapp. Quella volta" by Samuel Beckett, directed by Francesco Frongia (Elfo Puccini, 18 Oct.-10 Nov. 2024).
_"Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (commento continuo)", directed by Carmelo Rifici (Piccolo Teatro Studio Melato, 29 Nov.-22 Dec. 2024).
_"Chi come me", by Roy Chen, directed by Andrée Ruth Shammah (Teatro Franco Parenti, 1 Oct.-1 Dec. 2024)
_"La collezionista" by Magdalena Barile, directed by Marco Lorenzi, (9 Jan. - 2 Feb. 2025)