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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:52:01 -0500
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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/arts/theater/09JENK.html (OR)http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/arts/theater/09JENK.html?ex=1009000651&ei=1&en=cdba9be39657d487=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= December
9, 2001
A Troupe Endures, Always in Good Company
By RON JENKINS
MILAN -- LIKE the indefatigable hero of Goldoni's "Harlequin, Servant of
Strehler and Mr. Ronconi are arguably the most acclaimed Italian
directors of the late 20th century, and this month audiences in Milan
will have the opportunity to view representative works of both men in
repertory at the Piccolo Teatro's three performance spaces.
Strehler's landmark production of Goldoni's "Harlequin," which has
toured the world in a variety of incarnations since it was first staged
in 1947, will be revived at the company's 966-seat Strehler Theater, in
the Piccolo Teatro's main building, from Dec. 18 to 20 (it begins a
spring tour of Italy in February). In the 563-seat Grassi Theater,
Piccolo Teatro will present the premiere of Mr. Ronconi's new stage
adaptation of the Henry James novel "What Maisie Knew" from Dec. 17 to
March 3.
Like his highly praised adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita," which
closed last month, Mr. Ronconi's staging of "What Maisie Knew" reflects
his interest in finding new theatrical vocabularies for texts written in
nontheatrical languages. " `Lolita' demanded a very cinematic staging,"
the director said, "because we began with the screenplay Nabokov wrote
for Stanley Kubrick that was never used. With `Maisie,' we are looking
at a completely different kind of American idiom. The language is
circumspect, never revealing what the characters feel, so the actors
have to invent a language of the body that illuminates the emotions
being concealed by their words."
jumped onto the stage to suggest additional actions. He demonstrated
these himself, sometimes heaving his chest visibly to indicate
restrained emotion, other times falling .
Ron Jenkins, a professor of theater at Wesleyan University, is the
author of ``Artful Laughter: Dario Fo and Franca Rame'' (Aperture Press)
and the translator of Mr. Fo's plays ``Johan Padan and the Discovery of
the Americas'' (Grove Atlantic) and ``We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!''
(Theater Communications Group).
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