Dante the Everyman

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January 01 2020 Dante the Everyman Marco Martinelli, Marco Martinelli Marco Martinelli, playwright and director, and Ermanna Montanari, actress, author, and set designer, founded the Teatro delle Albe (1983) in Ravenna, Italy, and share its artistic direction. Martinelli's texts have been staged in several European countries, South America, Africa, and the U.S. and translated into French, German, and English. He has received several awards, including: seven Ubu Prizes, the Prize for Career Achievement-Festival Journées théâtrales (Carthage, Tunisia), the Vereinigung Deutsch-Italienischer Kultur Gesellschaften cultural award 2018. MONTANARI, the recipient of the Eleonora Duse Prize, among many others, is known for her vocal and musical research. Her virtuosic work with the voice is the subject of several books and essays in multiple languages. In 2017, the artists premiered their first movie, Aung San Suu Kyi's Life Under Arrest, written and directed by Martinelli, with Montanari in the title role. Their film The Sky over Kibera, takes as its subject the Divine Comedy, brought to life in Nairobi with one-hundred and fifty children and adolescents. In 1991, Martinelli and Montanari founded Ravenna Teatro, at the Teatro Rasi in Ravenna. (teatrodellealbe.com) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Thomas Haskell Simpson Thomas Haskell Simpson Thomas Haskell Simpson is currently visiting professor in the department of language and literature (LeLiA) at the University of Bari (Italy) where he teaches courses on translating contemporary American theatre. His article “New American Theatre in the Age of Trump,” will be published in 2019 by the press at Sofia University, St. Kliment Ohridski. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Marco Martinelli Marco Martinelli, playwright and director, and Ermanna Montanari, actress, author, and set designer, founded the Teatro delle Albe (1983) in Ravenna, Italy, and share its artistic direction. Martinelli's texts have been staged in several European countries, South America, Africa, and the U.S. and translated into French, German, and English. He has received several awards, including: seven Ubu Prizes, the Prize for Career Achievement-Festival Journées théâtrales (Carthage, Tunisia), the Vereinigung Deutsch-Italienischer Kultur Gesellschaften cultural award 2018. MONTANARI, the recipient of the Eleonora Duse Prize, among many others, is known for her vocal and musical research. Her virtuosic work with the voice is the subject of several books and essays in multiple languages. In 2017, the artists premiered their first movie, Aung San Suu Kyi's Life Under Arrest, written and directed by Martinelli, with Montanari in the title role. Their film The Sky over Kibera, takes as its subject the Divine Comedy, brought to life in Nairobi with one-hundred and fifty children and adolescents. In 1991, Martinelli and Montanari founded Ravenna Teatro, at the Teatro Rasi in Ravenna. (teatrodellealbe.com) Thomas Haskell Simpson Thomas Haskell Simpson is currently visiting professor in the department of language and literature (LeLiA) at the University of Bari (Italy) where he teaches courses on translating contemporary American theatre. His article “New American Theatre in the Age of Trump,” will be published in 2019 by the press at Sofia University, St. Kliment Ohridski. Online Issn: 1537-9477 Print Issn: 1520-281X © 2020 Thomas Haskell Simpson2020Thomas Haskell Simpson PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art (2020) 42 (1 (124)): 78–81. https://doi.org/10.1162/pajj_a_00513 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Marco Martinelli, Thomas Haskell Simpson; Dante the Everyman. PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 2020; 42 (1 (124)): 78–81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/pajj_a_00513 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsPAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2020 Thomas Haskell Simpson2020Thomas Haskell Simpson Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.