The Italian Rebirth part 3

Episode 67In this third part of the story of theatre in the Italian Renaissance the counter reformation overshadows the work of playwrights.We conclude the story of Giovan Maria Cecchi with a look at his later sacred drama that still managed to amuse and entertain.The plays of Leone de'Sommi are mostly lost thanks to a library fire, but his surviving plays are of interest as we see a Jewish playwright operating both in and for the culture of his community and in the context of broader renaissance theatre.The review concludes with the work of Giambattista della Porta, a Neapolitan playwright who was outspoken in his plays and paid and fell foul of the Italian Inquisition.Support the podcast at:www.patreon.com/thoetpwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy