Pirandello e Ibsen nel perimetro di scena ronconiano

Abstract

Ibsen and Pirandello represent two pillars of the great bourgeois theatre between the XIX and XX centuries. Their works have always been subject to critical analysis and theatrical representation, in particular, Gengångare and Sei personaggi in cerca d’autore offer important points for reflection on common topics related to the corrupt family relationships that they describe. This essay proposes a comparison between the staging of the two works by the director Luca Ronconi who worked on 1982 and 2012. This makes it possible to evaluate the director’s tension in the act of making concrete choices about the possible representation of the similar themes touched by the two authors, his ability to grasp even minimal allusions, questioning the texts to reveal to the viewers what is sometimes implicit in them.