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History of Theater Course in Florence, Italy

A large part of Italy’s most authentic regional culture is expressed through theater, and, like the tradition of the Commedia dell’Arte, many theatrical works were written by the actors themselves, resulting in a very personal and direct relationship between actor and audience.

Through the use of multimedia aids, students will study the history of Italian theatre, its “language” and its regional particularities.

The topics of the course are:

The origins of theater: traveling bards and street artists;
Re-enactments of sacred events;
The Commedia dell’Arte and the masks;
The Renaissance and Court comedies;
The Arcadia and Metastasio theaters;
The 18th century: from tragedies to the bourgeois comedy: Vittorio Alfieri and Carlo Goldoni;
The 19th century of Giacomo Manzoni;
Luigi Pirandello;
Edoardo De Filippo and the Neapolitan tradition;
The contemporary theater of Dario Fo.

Although the History of Italian Theater Course can be taken alone, other students usually have chosen to combine the Italian language Courses and the History of Italian Theater Course and that's why we've created the Intensive Culture Courses (Italian + Culture).

For more information about this course please contact us.

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1 lesson: 45 minutes;
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History of Italian Theater