The Theatre of Memè Perlini

After having worked with Giancarlo Nanni as a scenographer, Memè Perlini began his career as a director in 1973 with a signal work in the history of Italian experimental theatre: Pirandello, Chi? (Who's Pirandello?) . The production is based entirely on the relationship between light and object...

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Published in:The Drama Review: TDR 1978-03, Vol.22 (1), p.63-72
Main Authors: Mele, Rino, Carravetta, Nella
Format: Article
Language:English
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Cameras
Childhood
Classrooms
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Summary:After having worked with Giancarlo Nanni as a scenographer, Memè Perlini began his career as a director in 1973 with a signal work in the history of Italian experimental theatre: Pirandello, Chi? (Who's Pirandello?) . The production is based entirely on the relationship between light and objects. It does not interpret a script. On the dark stage, the actors move as though in a performance for themselves, hidden from the spectators, revealed only by flashes of light. It is a darkness full of phantoms—like the unconscious of the representation, like the deep structure from which emerges traces of violent struggle. In the dark theatrical space, Perlini, from the front of the stage, works with small projectors on the magma of unknown actions. He cuts out square and rectangular pieces of light—very precise areas in which he captures details, parts of bodies, parts of objects.
ISSN:0012-5962
1054-2043
2326-2060
1531-4715
DOI:10.2307/1145168