In his comic plays, French-Argentine playwright Copi (1939-1987) faces tragedy. References and forms from tragedy are plunged in humor and camp, within a framework characterized by the most extreme relativism – life and death coincide and every character (often transgender character) affirms and denies his/her identity. Copi's “heroes” show a lack of will, that leads their titanic efforts to become losers and they break into stalemate or ridiculous results. His plays are “circus” and “tragedy”, as protagonist of Cachafaz (1981) says. In Cachafaz, defined by the author “barbarian tragedy”, the tradition of Argentine gauchesco combines with a bloody and supernatural concept of tragedy, recalling Macbeth and The Bacchae. The language of the hu...
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In the studies about Pasolini’s work the analysis of the use of comedy and humor is often ignored. T...
Roberto Alonge’s contribution takes note of the fact that Pirandello’s dramaturgy constitutes a fixe...
The literary myth of don Juan, arose in the comedy, is reformulated in the direction of the tragic a...
This article analyzes Pantani by Marco Martinelli, an epic theatrical wake for one of the most famou...
A Dangerous Game of Friedrich Dürrenmatt centres on the mockery of justice. The issue was brought to...
Leggere una volta di più l’Adelchi come una tragedia familiare consente di calibrare ancora meglio l...
The essay aims at showing the development of the critical thought about Prometheus Bound that underl...
The essay connects the one-act play with Il fuoco, born in the same years, pointing out both theme c...
The nineteenth-century underworld of trans-parody – sexual reversals on a comical taste, with ...
The paper aims to reflect on the legitimacy of the actor-non-actor, of the actor Freaks on the conte...
The paper deals with one of the most popular female projections or phantoms of male desire, that is ...
Rappresentazioni straordinarie del "Theatre Pitoeff" : stagione drammatica francese, Febbraio 1926 /...
The theme of cost and free runs through Eduardo De Filippo’s plays as one of the red threads it is w...
This article focuses on the uncanny of women’s bodies in Paola Masino’s works and aims to show how M...
The fundamental theme of the indissolubility of truth and fiction, of the life that is dream, o...
In the studies about Pasolini’s work the analysis of the use of comedy and humor is often ignored. T...
Roberto Alonge’s contribution takes note of the fact that Pirandello’s dramaturgy constitutes a fixe...
The literary myth of don Juan, arose in the comedy, is reformulated in the direction of the tragic a...