Educational Theatre for Women in Post-World War II Italy A Stage of
This book explores an important moment in Italian women’s theatre and cultural history: plays written for all-women casts between 1946 and the mid-1960s, authored for the most part by women and performed exclusively by women. Because they featured on
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Educational Theatre for Women in Post-World War II Italy
Daniela Cavallaro
Educational Theatre for Women in Post- World War II Italy A Stage of Their Own
Daniela Cavallaro University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand
ISBN 978-1-349-95095-9 ISBN 978-1-349-95096-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95096-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957174 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: The all-women theatre company of Tirano (Sondrio) in Claudia Procula, 4 April 1954. Photo courtesy of Ebe Pedretti Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
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Sections of Chap. 4 first appeared in my article “Salesian Theatre for Young Women in post-World War II Italy” published in Ecumenica 4.2 (2011), and are reprinted by permission of Ecumenica. Journal of Theatre and Performance. Sections of Chap. 5 first appeared in my article “Demons and Angels: Morality Plays in the Context of Salesian Educational Theatre for Young Women”, published in The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society 2:2 (2013), and are reprinted by permission of Common Ground Publishing. Sections of Chap. 6 and 7 first appeared in my essay “Scene femminili: A Pre-feminist All-Women Theatre”, published in Women in Italy 1945–1960 © 2006, edited by Penelope Morris, and are reprinted by permission of Palgrave Macmillan. Sections of Chap. 7 first appeared in my essay “Catholic Theatre for Women in Post-War Italy: Education, Morality, and Social Change”, published in Catholic Theatre and Drama: Critical Essays © 2010, edited
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