Starting with Ernesto Rossi's 1884 project, the article analyzes Italian productions of 'Julius Caesar' up to the 1990s. It highlights the relevance of the play to the Fascist period and its rejection by Italian audiences in the 1970s. It also explores the transformation of Shakespeare's words into disturbing visual images in the adaptation of the "Societas Raffaello Sanzio".

Political Caesar: 'Julius Caesar' on the Italian Stage

TEMPERA, Mariangela
2005

Abstract

Starting with Ernesto Rossi's 1884 project, the article analyzes Italian productions of 'Julius Caesar' up to the 1990s. It highlights the relevance of the play to the Fascist period and its rejection by Italian audiences in the 1970s. It also explores the transformation of Shakespeare's words into disturbing visual images in the adaptation of the "Societas Raffaello Sanzio".
2005
9780815335078
SHAKESPEARE; JULIUS CAESAR; ITALY; PERFORMANCE
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