Living statues in a place of delight (and martyrdom)

The actor on the pirandellian scene

Abstract

The essay analyzes the image of the statue in some pirandellian texts, in particular in an essay on Eleonora Duse and in two pièces of the ‘Marta cycle’, Diana e la Tuda and Trovarsi, following now the path from the statue to the flesh, now the reverse path from the flesh to the statue. Particular attention is also paid to the Donata Genzi’s modalities of acting in the finale of Trovarsi.