5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ L’infanzia di Orlando Orlando’s childhood Enza De Francisci 08/06/2023 The myth of Orlando (Roland) has captured the imagination from as far back as the Middle Ages. The plays centres on Roland as a boy – called Orlandino...
Mimmo Cuticchio talking to Enza De Francisci Enza De Francisci 07/06/2023 Meeting Mimmo Cuticchio in his laboratorio, when I was visiting Palermo, for my research, meant a great deal to me. He is a master puppeteer, here in ...
Enzo Mancuso in conversation with Enza De Francisci Enza De Francisci 26/07/2022 When and where does the Opera dei pupi being? Sicily’s early puppet tradition developed from what was called the vastasate (vastasu in Sicilian tod...
Gaetano Grasso In conversation with Enza De Francisci Enza De Francisci 22/07/2022 What does the Puparo represent for you? The puparo is the one who creates and builds typical Sicilian puppets, better known as Pupi. Through hi...
My Brilliant Friend (L’amica geniale) Enza De Francisci 13/01/2020 Stories stand the test of time through translation, be it from one language to another, or from one genre to another. Stories survive according to the...
Pinocchio Enza De Francisci 16/12/2019 To date, the most popular Italian literary text to be translated worldwide is not by Dante, Boccaccio or Petrarch, but by Carlo Collodi: his Pinocchio...
Don Giovanni Enza De Francisci 20/09/2019 Don Juan is a well-known legend whose legacy has remained owing predominantly to all its many variations and adaptations. This Spanish tale has been t...
Maria Callas, The Black Pearl Enza De Francisci 18/09/2019 Federica Nardacci’s monologue brings to life the thoughts and feelings of Maria Callas’s butler, Ferruccio Mezzadri. Through a stream-of-consciousness...
Nora: A Doll’s House Enza De Francisci 03/04/2019 Ibsen’s A Doll’s House is a play which has had audiences speak about for centuries since its first performance in 1879, where his iconic protagonist N...
Faithful Ruslan: The Story of a Guard Dog Enza De Francisci 05/10/2017 Faithful Ruslan marks the centenary of the Russian revolution. To celebrate this occasion, Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre placed centre stage Stalin’s Gul...
