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Authors:

Cristini, Monica

Title:

L'unicità della drammaturgia Off-Off Broadway nell'Avanguardia americana

Year:

2022

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Italiano

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

IL CASTELLO DI ELSINORE

ISSN of journal:

0394-9389

N° Volume:

XXXV

Number or Folder:

86

Page numbers:

117-134

Keyword:

Playwright, Off-Off Broadway, American Avant-garde

Short description of contents:

At the beginning of the Sixties, during the diffusion of the New Theatre, a new movement named Off-Off-Broadway was born in New York City. It was promoted by little theatres located in coffeehouses, churches and galleries. The main and common objective was to produce the new plays of the young playwrights who did not have access to the institutional Off-Broadway and Broadway scenes. The article presents this new dramaturgy, influenced equally by the American Pop Art, Jazz, Beat poetry, Comics and mass culture, the European dramaturgy of the Absurd and Artaud’s theories. These influences gave birth to a new playwriting’s genre. Its peculiar style was due to the specific moment, the East Village’s milieu and the dimension of the caffees’ stages. Through the analysis of Motel, a one-act play written by Jean-Claude van Itallie, a playwright linked to Cafè La MaMa, the author illustrates the structure and the style of writing that was exclusive of the New York’s theatre.

Web page:

https://ilcastellodielsinore.it/index.php/Elsinore/article/view/257/250

Product ID:

127157

Handle IRIS:

11562/1066703

Last Modified:

June 19, 2025

Bibliographic citation:

Cristini, Monica, L'unicità della drammaturgia Off-Off Broadway nell'Avanguardia americana «IL CASTELLO DI ELSINORE» , vol. XXXV , n. 86 , 2022 , pp. 117-134

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