Mussolini''s Theatre - Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics

Offers a portrait of Benito Mussolini, whose passion for theatre profoundly shaped his ideology and actions as head of fascist Italy.

List of contents

1. Mussolini the Critic; 2. Mussolini the Impresario: Part I. Fascism and the Art Theatre: 3. Mussolini the Dramatist; 4. Mussolini the Censor; 5. Mussolini the Impresario: Part II. Fascism and the Theatre for Masses.

About the author

Patricia Gaborik teaches at the University of Calabria and has been fellow of the American Academy in Rome (FAAR '06). She has been visiting scholar at Stanford, UCLA, and Columbia University. She is the editor-translator of Massimo Bontempelli's Watching the Moon and Other Plays (2013) and editor of Pirandello in Context (2021).

Summary

A vividly written portrait of Benito Mussolini, whose passion for the theatre profoundly shaped his ideology and actions as head of fascist Italy This consistently illuminating book transforms our understanding of fascism as a whole, and will have strong appeal to readers in both theatre studies and modern Italian history.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Gaborik, Gaborik Patricia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781108830591
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83059-1
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Theatre Studies, Political leaders & leadership, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Individual actors and performers, Political leaders and leadership, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General