” Oh Romeo, Romeo, why are you Romeo
“ We all know this one. Exact and taken from one of the most famous plays: Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare , among the most interpreted and filmed by screenwriters, filmmakers, artists and directors. And when we think of theater, it is one of the first quotes that jumps into our heads. But it is really curious as a phenomenon, because although this work has been staged for 422 years , today we still mention it, we still stage it, we still study it and we still go to see it at the theater. It has now been revived and reinterpreted in all possible ways and still as many points of view are waiting to be brought to the stage. World Theater Day, 10 good reasons to watch a play
The theater is a magical place that transmits unique emotions. On the occasion of World Theater Day we would like to point out 10 good reasons to attend a play Theater cultural phenomenon
This happens because Romeo and Juliet is a cultural phenomenon , just like theater in its most generic sense. This work, like many other theatrical works, is an emblem of our society , our culture , our customs , our history . This is why we never get tired of going to the theater; above all because it brings with it the universal values ​​of the human being such as suffering , fear, the problems of a subject in society, but also beauty and love . The five most beautiful love plays of all time
And it is love that we are talking about today: to celebrate World Theater Day , the 5 most beautiful love plays of all time . Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare ‘s most famous plays . Against the background of a VeronaTransfigured by the poet’s imagination, Shakespeare recounts the thwarted, stubborn and tragic love of two young people who belong to rival families, the Capulets and the Montagues. A love for which the two protagonists are ready for anything, to the point of giving up life. One of the most famous and romantic tragedies in the history of theater:
“I want what I have; my heart, like the sea, has no limits and my love is as deep as the sea: the more I give you the more I own, because both are infinite “. Antony and Cleopatra
Another great work by William Shakespeare and Antony and Cleopatra , first staged in 1607, tells a very famous love story, so much so that it even ended up in the history books. It is considered the best love story represented by Shakespeare with a political background , a bond that has challenged the survival of any relationship. Sometimes, if people look awful, it’s because they are acting against love. In the end, however, everyone makes his choice: living without the other would be worse than nothing.
Cleopatra: If it’s really love, tell me how much it is.
Antonio: It is a miserable love that can be measured.
Cleopatra: I want to set a limit up to which to be loved.
Antonio: Then you will have to discover a new heaven, a new earth. The cat on the hot roof The cat on the hot roofand one of Tennessee Williams ‘ plays that tells the story of Maggie, who, in order to alleviate the bitter family situation in which she finds herself, sets up a web of lies. Maggie and her cat, in love with her husband, a former sportsman and currently injured in an ankle. The woman, of humble origins, fears she will have to leave him and her home if she fails to give birth to an heir. The grumpy and aloof husband seems to be addicted only to alcohol.
Brick: But what does a cat
hovering on a hot
roof want ?Love diatribe against a seated man. Atheatrical text in which the author stages an existential and marital crisis. The woman, her wife, Graciela confronts her husband sitting in her armchair, with his back to the audience, who listens impassively to her outburst. The only theatrical proof of Marquez’s talent leaves you amazed with a truly unusual ending. Where will Graciela’s anger come
“If there is one thing for which they will have to condemn you on the day of the Last Judgment and that you had love in the house and you did not know how to recognize it”. La mandrake The mandrake is one of the funniest plays by Machiavelli. Callimachus is in love with Lucrezia, wife of the foolish doctor of law Messer Nicia. With the help of the servant Siro and his astute friend Ligurio, Callimaco, in the role of a famous doctor, manages to convince Messer Nicia that the only way to have children is to give his wife a potion of mandrake but the first he will have relations with her will die. Ligurio soon finds a brilliant solution: a simple boy will die. But who will really be the little boy to sacrifice
A comedy to get back in a good mood.
