10.11.2022-2:30pm-The Actor’s Suitcase. Circulation of actors’ knowledge in Europe between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

International conference «The actor’s suitcase»

Laboratory activities

Conference room, building D3, third floor

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Abstract

The Age of Enlightenment marked an essential turning point in the evolution of acting. This was primarily due to the attention paid to the visual and material aspects of theatre, not only in France but also more widely in Europe. Treatises on acting multiplied, elevating acting to the rank of a true art, comparable to literary creation. Endowed with a vast theoretical and practical background, the actor is no longer perceived as a mere performer of a text, but as the creator of a singular artistic production. This phenomenon continued in the 19th century in the context of the industrialisation of entertainment and the rise of theatrical stardom. The conference aims at examining the various ways in which the knowledge of actors was transmitted and circulated between France, Germany, England, Italy, Russia and Spain in the 18th and 19th centuries

Speakers

• Stefano Amendola
  University of Salerno
• Pierre Frantz
  University Sorbonne of Paris
• Ilaria Lepore
  University Sapienza of Rome
• Florence Naugrette
  University Sorbonne of Paris
• Lydia Vazquez
  University of Basque Country
• Aurora Egidio
  University of Salerno
• Maria Pia Pagani
  University Federico II of Naples
• Anton Demin
  Russian Academy of Sciences
• Marta Marchetti
  University Sapienza of Rome
• Florence Filippi
  University of Rouen
• Mara Fazio
  University Sapienza of Rome
• David Matteini
  University of Siena
• Alexeï Evstratov
  University of Grenoble Alps

Coordinators

• Vincenzo De Santis
  University of Salerno
• Stefano Amendola
  University of Salerno
• Giuseppina Giuliano
  University of Salerno
• Virginie Yvernaul
  University Sorbonne of Paris