May 14, 2024 – 4.30 pm
Palazzo di Lingue, Co-Working Room
Presentation of/Presentazione di
Isabella Andreini.
Lovers’ Debates for the Stage
Edited and translated by
Pamela Allen Brown (University of Connecticut)
Julie D. Campbell (Eastern Illinois University)
Eric Nicholson (Syracuse University, NYU Florence)
Con/With
Lisa Sampson (University College, London): Presenter
Elia Nichols (Professional Theatre Collaborator)
The actress and author Isabella Andreini (c. 1562-1604) won international renown playing the bold, versatile, and intellectual innamorata of the commedia dell’arte. After her death, her husband Francesco Andreini continued publishing her works, among them the thirty-one amorosi contrasti – or lovers’ debates – presented in this volume. Available in English for the first time, Lovers’ Debates enables readers to envision the commedia dell’arte through the words of its most revered diva. Lovers flirt boldly, trade bawdy insults, exhibit their learning, and drive each other mad in stage dialogues that showcase Isabella’s skill in composing and playing “other voices.”
Isabella Andreini (c. 1562-1604), attrice e scrittrice, conquistava fama internazionale recitando il ruolo dell’ardita, versatile, e intellettuale innamorata della commedia dell’arte. Dopo la sua morte, suo marito Francesco Andreini continuava a pubblicarne le opere, tra le quali gli Amorosi contrasti scenici, tradotti qui come Lovers’ Debates for the Stage. Il volume offre ai lettori moderni l’occasione di visualizzare la commedia dell’arte attraverso le parole della sua Diva più riverita. In questi dialoghi, gli amanti flirtano spavaldamente, scambiando insulti piccanti, poi sfoggiano la loro erudizione e si fanno impazzire a vicenda: un’eccellente dimostrazione della bravura di Isabella nel comporre e nel recitare “le voci altrui.
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