The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 10.1713  Friday, 8 October 1999.

[1]     From:   Richard Burt <
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        Date:   Thursday, 07 Oct 1999 19:59:34 -0400
        Subj:   Re: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy

[2]     From:   Karen Peterson-Kranz <
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        Date:   Friday, 8 Oct 1999 14:54:17 +1000
        Subj:   Re: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy

[3]     From:   Skip Nicholson <
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        Date:   Thursday, 7 Oct 1999 23:01:44 -0700
        Subj:   RE: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy


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From:           Richard Burt <
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Date:           Thursday, 07 Oct 1999 19:59:34 -0400
Subject: 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy
Comment:        Re: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy

Try Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini for starters.

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From:           Karen Peterson-Kranz <
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Date:           Friday, 8 Oct 1999 14:54:17 +1000
Subject: 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy
Comment:        Re: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy

This sounds like a fascinating topic-I hope your student pursues it.
I'm aware of a couple of articles about Nazi use of Shakespeare, but
haven't seen anything specifically about Shakespeare in Fascist Italy.
Your student might want to check out *Fascism and Theatre: Comparative
Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe,
1925-1945* (1996; Gunter Berghaus, ed.).  It might provide some leads.

Cheers,
Karen Peterson-Kranz
University of Guam

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From:           Skip Nicholson <
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Date:           Thursday, 7 Oct 1999 23:01:44 -0700
Subject: 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy
Comment:        RE: SHK 10.1705 Shakespeare in Italy

It may be to the side of your real aim, but several major productions of
recent decades have used fascist Italy (or a nameless but recognizable
surrogate) as a setting. Others will remember more than I can, but the
production of Romeo at the RSC (about 1988?) and one early in this
decade at the Stratford Festival in Canada-and available on video-use
such settings.

Cheers,
Skip Nicholson
South Pasadena (CA) HS

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