Fantasio Piccoli (24 March 1917 – 27 October 1981) was an Italian theatre director.
Fantasio Piccoli | |
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| Born | 24 March 1917 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 27 October 1981 (aged 64) Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | theatre director |
Life and career
editBorn in Milan, the son of the author Valentino, in 1947 Piccoli founded and directed the stage company "Compagnia del Carrozzone" (also known just as "Il Carrozzone"), a company consisting of ten young actors (including Romolo Valli and Adriana Asti) who held stagings in about two hundred cities in three years.[1][2] In 1950 he and most of his company moved to Bolzano, where Piccoli founded the Teatro Stabile, which he directed until 1966;[1][2] in Bolzano, he "put into practice his idea of an anti-realistic theater, founded on the primacy of the poetic language, and on the expressive autonomy of a transfiguring imagination."[1] At the Teatro Stabile he directed seventy four stagings, mainly based on Italian authors.[1]
References
editFurther reading
edit- Massimo Bertoldi. Il Teatro Stabile di Bolzano: cinquant'anni di cultura e di spettacoli. Silvana, 2000. ISBN 8882152022.