Gothic Drama in the Romantic Age, 1760-1830

Materiali Didattici Online

Teaching and Study Aids

Materiali didattici dei Seminari sul Teatro Romantico Inglese

anni accademici 2002/03 e 2003/04 

prof. Diego Saglia

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1. Gothic and MELODRAMA	2. SARAH SIDDONS	3. EDMUND KEAN
4. MADNESS AND FRENZY	5. FAZIO	6. INSIGHTS
	7. Reading Gothic and Romantic Drama	<

Section 1
"Show me the horrid tenant of thy heart"
Gothic and Melodrama

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Section 2:
"She raised Tragedy to the Skies"
Sarah Siddons and the Embodiment of the Tragic

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Section 3:
The "Tempest and Whirlwind of the Soul"
The Acting of Edmund Kean

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Section 4:
"My Strength, My Reason Faint 
Darkness Surrounds Me"
Madness and Frenzy in Gothic Drama

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Section 5:
"Fazio, A Tragedy" 
Act IV - Scene III
By H. H. Milman

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Section 6:
Insights

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Section 7:
Reading Gothic and Romantic Drama:

Examples:

• Claudia Bonetti :

Reading 'The Mysterious Marriage' by Harriet Lee, Act III, sc.2
• Nunzia Cataldo :

Reading 'The Vampire; or, the Bride of the Isles' by J.R. Planché, Act II, sc. 2
• Mirco Nasi :

Reading 'The Castle Spectre' by M.G. Lewis, Act V, sc. 3