Harold Pinter. Il teatro del potere, il potere del teatro

Roberto D’Avascio; Bianca Del Villano; Annamaria Sapienza

doi:10.6093/978-88-6719-336-3

Harold Pinter. Il teatro del potere, il potere del teatro

Authors

Roberto D’Avascio

University of Naples L’Orientale

Bianca Del Villano

University of Naples L'Orientale

Annamaria Sapienza

University of Salerno

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6719-336-3

Synopsis

Publisher: UniorPress

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 204

Language: Italian, English

Abstract: This book traces the legacy of Harold Pinter (1930-2008), a multifaceted artist and 2005 Nobel Prize laureate, by examining the state of the art, criticism and public debate inspired by his work. Drawing on a variety of sources, the collected contributions testify to the enduring relevance and influence of a playwright, director and actor who transformed the way theatre is written and conceived, establishing himself as one of the most significant reformers of the theatrical scene in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays range from analytical studies to personal testimonies by scholars, actors, and directors who have engaged with the Pinter universe in diverse ways, with the aim of reconstructing his reception in the contemporary world.

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Author Biographies

Roberto D’Avascio, University of Naples L’Orientale

Roberto D’Avascio teaches English Literature at the University of Naples L’Orientale and History of Theatre and Music at the University of Salerno. He has published numerous essays in journals and books, the monograph La scena crudele: performance dell’eccesso nel teatro di John Ford (Liguori, 2011), and edited the volumes Porgendo uno specchio alla natura. Note sul teatro elisabettiano (Dante&Decartes, 2021) and I’m much fucking angrier than you think: il teatro di Sarah Kane vent’anni dopo (Unior Press, 2022). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Teatro Nazionale di Napoli-Teatro Mercadante, for which he directs the magazine Perseo, la sfida del teatro and curated several conferences (Sarah Kane 2019, Harold Pinter 2022, Macbeth 2024).

Bianca Del Villano, University of Naples L'Orientale

Bianca Del Villano teaches English Language and Linguistics at the University of Naples L’Orientale. Her research interests stem from methodologies and analytical models developed in the fields of Stylistics and Literary Linguistics, Textual Pragmatics, and Historical Linguistics. Her primary areas of application include early modern dramatic texts and contemporary aesthetic texts in English (literature, theater, cinema, and television series). Recent monographs include Using the Devil with Courtesy: Shakespeare and the Language of (Im)politeness (Peter Lang, 2018) and La parola e la cura. Il discorso medico nel Seicento inglese(Editoriale Scientifica, 2023). Since 2018, she has directed the Argo Center, an Interuniversity Research Center for Argumentation, Pragmatics, and Stylistics.

Annamaria Sapienza, University of Salerno

Annamaria Sapienza teaches Performing Arts at the University of Salerno and History of Theatre at the Acting School of the Teatro Nazionale di Napoli. She is a member of the expert committee of the Eduardo De Filippo Foundation and co-director of the theatre studies column Rifrazioni. Her fields of research primarily concern contemporary theatre, Neapolitan theatre, and social and community theatre, areas in which she produced numerous publications, including Il padrone del vapore. Teatro a Napoli ai tempi di Achille Lauro (Liguori, 2015), “Testimoni di una umanità ai margine” (Sinestesie, 2021), and “BROS” by Romeo Castellucci (Acting Archives Review, 2022).