Palazzeschi dramatist and precursor of synthetic theatre

Abstract

Based on a careful analysis of Palazzeschi’s works and of the correspondence between him and Marinetti, the essay casts a new light on the origin of futurist synthetic theatre. With his prose and verses Palazzeschi is in fact the first to make use of synthetic writing and to bring a fulmineous dialogic form within the Futurism; he also develops a grotesque way to futurist theatre and between 1910 and 1911 plans to write a collection of Futurist Dramas, some elements of which can be found in some short proses published afterwards by the author.