For Count Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806), theater was a fabulous world apart, in which human beings, statues, and animals change places by magical transformations. Gozzi's stage becomes a multiscenic home for adventures, loves, enmities, and dazzling visual effects. This collection brings together for the first time modern English translations of five of Gozzi's most famous plays: The Raven, The King Stag, Turandot, The Serpent Woman, and The Green Bird, each annotated by the translators and preceded by the author's preface. Ted Emery's Introduction places Gozzi in his social and historical context, tracing his world view in both the content and the form of his tales. In the ten works he called fiable or fairy tales, Gozzi intermingled characters from the traditional and improvised commedia dell'arte with exotic figures of his own invention. During Gozzi's lifetime, Goethe and Schiller translated and produced some of his dramas at the Weimar Theatre. In our century, the dramas have reasserted themselves under the direction of Max Reinhardt, Vsevolod Meyerhold, George Devine, and Benno Besson, as well as in operatic adaptations by Puccini and Prokofiev. The powerful conflicts, the idyllic and fearsome settings, and the startling transformations in these plays offer exceptional opportunities to actors, directors, and designers. The lively translations are faithful to Gozzi's Italian, while being eminently playable for English-speaking audiences today. Two of the translations have already had highly successful stagings by Andrei Serban at the American Repertory Theatre and on tour.

Five Tales for the Theatre

Literature & Fiction

Gozzi, Carlo

Dramas & Plays

University of Chicago Press

For Count Carlo Gozzi (1720-1806), theater was a fabulous world apart, in which human beings, statues, and animals change places by magical transformations. Gozzi's stage becomes a multiscenic home for adventures, loves, enmities, and dazzling visual effects. This collection brings together for the first time modern English translations of five of Gozzi's most famous plays: The Raven, The King Stag, Turandot, The Serpent Woman, and The Green Bird, each annotated by the translators and preceded by the author's preface. Ted Emery's Introduction places Gozzi in his social and historical context, tracing his world view in both the content and the form of his tales. In the ten works he called fiable or fairy tales, Gozzi intermingled characters from the traditional and improvised commedia dell'arte with exotic figures of his own invention. During Gozzi's lifetime, Goethe and Schiller translated and produced some of his dramas at the Weimar Theatre. In our century, the dramas have reasserted themselves under the direction of Max Reinhardt, Vsevolod Meyerhold, George Devine, and Benno Besson, as well as in operatic adaptations by Puccini and Prokofiev. The powerful conflicts, the idyllic and fearsome settings, and the startling transformations in these plays offer exceptional opportunities to actors, directors, and designers. The lively translations are faithful to Gozzi's Italian, while being eminently playable for English-speaking audiences today. Two of the translations have already had highly successful stagings by Andrei Serban at the American Repertory Theatre and on tour.

The University of Chicago Press

Princess Turandot asks three riddles of her suitors, and only the one who answers them correctly can become her husband

Turandot

Children's Books

Mayer, Marianna

William Morrow & Co.

Carlo Gozzi's delightful commédia dell'arte classic has been translated into English for the first time from its original Venetian dialect. Complete with stage directions.

The Green Bird: A Commedia dell' Arte Play in Three Acts

IASTA

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Opere Edite Ed Inedite Del Co. Carlo Gozzi: Tomo Undecimo E Duodecimo (1803) (Italian Edition)

Kessinger Publishing

Originally published in 1951, this book contains the complete text of Il Mostro Turchino, or The Blue Monster, by Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806). The play is presented in an English translation, with a detailed introduction containing information on historical context. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in eighteenth-century Italian drama and translation.\nBook Description\nThis book contains the complete text of Il Mostro Turchino, or The Blue Monster, by Italian playwright Carlo Gozzi (1720–1806).

The Blue Monster (Il Mostro Turchino): A Fairy Play in Five Acts

Cambridge University Press

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Turandot, Princess of China; A Chinoiserie in Three Acts

History

Vollmöller, Karl

Asia

BiblioLife

Turandot, Prinzessin Von China: Ein Tragicomisches Mahrchen Nach Gozzi (1802) (German Edition)

Schiller, Friedrich Von

Literary

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Opere Edite Ed Inedite, Volume 2 (Italian Edition)

Nabu Press

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Five Tales for the Theatre

Five Tales for the Theatre

Turandot

The Green Bird: A Commedia dell' Arte Play in Three Acts

Opere Edite Ed Inedite Del Co. Carlo Gozzi: Tomo Undecimo E Duodecimo (1803) (Italian Edition)

The Blue Monster (Il Mostro Turchino): A Fairy Play in Five Acts

Turandot, Princess of China; A Chinoiserie in Three Acts

Turandot, Prinzessin Von China: Ein Tragicomisches Mahrchen Nach Gozzi (1802) (German Edition)

Turandot, Prinzessin Von China: Ein Tragicomisches Mahrchen Nach Gozzi (1802) (German Edition)

Opere Edite Ed Inedite, Volume 2 (Italian Edition)