A correspondence of Eligio Possenti (1960-1966)

Abstract

This essay considers the unpublished correspondence between two important Italian theatrical critics, Eligio Possenti and Lucio Ridenti, editor of “Il Dramma”. The background is the Italian theatre of the first half of the Sixties. Possenti and Ridenti discuss the debated achievement of directing in Italy and the clash between public theatres, academy actors and lasting traditional concepts of dramaturgy and acting.