The theater Marconi hosts the review "Autumn Curtains", now in its 9th edition: from October 2 to November 13, four Fridays of pure comedy.
On Friday, October 30, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” by Benoit Roland and Roberto Zamengo from R.L. Stevenson will be performed with the Teatroimmagine Company.
From an interview with the director Benoit Roland: “Why the ‘Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde’?” he replies: “
When I reread The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written in the 1800s by the English writer R.L. Stevenson, I was enveloped by the London atmosphere, to the point of smelling the scents of the streets and the Thames, the sounds of footsteps and water, the lights of the streetlamps and the houses at night, all muffled by the fog. Immediately, images of Venice came to mind, the sounds of footsteps in the dark alleys, the water of the canals, the siren of high water, the drowsiness of the lights of the buildings and the small squares. The London fog strangely resembles the Venetian "caigo", to the point where the two cities can merge and confuse with one another. This is where my reinterpretation of this novel began. From the London mist emerge Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and from the Venetian “caigo” come Dr. Jacopo and Miss Heydi, Ottone and Tellurio, but also Teodolinda and Lucilla, Pantalone and Fontego.
Unlike R.L. Stevenson, for the show, I did not want to work on the “dark and evil” side of the protagonist, but on the contrary of the character, on the antinomy, on the opposite.
We approached rehearsals with the intention of making sense of this ambivalence given to us by the original novel, using the key of reading and playing from Commedia dell’Arte. Thanks to four brilliant actors, who tackle this theme by interpreting, almost in a schizophrenic way, their character and its opposite, we have made this story our own. Once again, the text becomes just a pretext to imagine new situations, to talk about current issues, to play, and to entertain the audience and the mask, in other words, with our personal “potions”, which allow us during the performance to become someone else.”
Subscription for 4 shows € 36.00 - single ticket for one show € 12.00.
Info and reservations: Roberto tel. 335 5311309, Cataldo tel. 349 0832434 - IAT Tourist information office, Via Pietro d'Abano, 18 - tel 049 8669055.
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