The “Wandering Pilgrim”. Maddalena Signorini Pelzet on Stage in Early Nineteenth Century Italy

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i5.8767

Keywords:

history of theatre, women’s history, actress, Nineteenth Century Italy

Abstract

This essay focuses on some elements of the biography of actress Maddalena Signorini Pelzet (1801-1854), starting from the letters addressed to Giovanni Battista Niccolini, stored and preserved at the National Central Library of Florence. The aim is to shed light on how acting offered women the possibility to leave the domestic sphere, to travel, and to cover roles of responsibility, thereby highlighting both the advantages and the risks that an opening to the acting world could entail.

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Author Biography

Matilde Esposito, Sapienza University of Rome

Matilde Esposito is a PhD Student at Sapienza University of Rome, in co-tutorhip with Sorbonne Université.Her Research Project is aboutGiovanni Battista Niccolini's dramatic production. She is the editor of Francesco Saverio Salfi’s Della declamazione digital edition. She also published the text of the tragedy Francesca da Rimini by Salfi (Sapienza Università Editrice, 2019). Her research interests lie primarily in the study of dramatic literature and that of theatrical practices between the18th and 19th centuries.

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Published

2021-12-20

How to Cite

Esposito, M. (2021). The “Wandering Pilgrim”. Maddalena Signorini Pelzet on Stage in Early Nineteenth Century Italy. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (5), 323–342. https://doi.org/10.6093/sigma.v0i5.8767

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No. 5 (2021): Historical event, collective trauma and spatiality in contemporary literature and arts

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Varia

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