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History of Theatre 7 - The Arched Spectacle / Farnese Theatre (Teatro Farnese)

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Uploaded by on Oct 11, 2010

On spectatacle plays in the 17th century and the oldest remaining theatre with a permanent proscenium arch: Farnese Theatre (Teatro Farnese) in Parma, Italy.
Personae:
Giovanni Battista Aleotti, Ranuccio I Farnese (duc of Parma), Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Nicola Sabbattini, Joseph Furttenbach, Giacomo Torelli, Bernardo Buontalenti, Monteverdi, Venus, flying Mercury.
Locations:
Palazzo della Pilotta (Parma), Teatro Farnese (Parma), Théâtre du Richelieu (Paris), La Scala (Milan), City Theatre/Stadschouwburg (Amsterdam), Palatina Library (Parma), Palazzo Te (Mantova)
Subjects:
Proscenium arc, picture-frame stage theatre, scaenae frons, porta regia, Corinthian columns, U-shaped orchestra and auditorium, movable side-wings, symmetrical, perspective stage sceneries, spectacle plays, the 'flying' Mercury, deus-ex-machina apparatus ('geranos' or 'machina').

More on Early Illusionistic Scene Changes - Frank Mohler:
http://www1.appstate.edu/orgs/spectacle/index.html

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