Dacia Maraini - Extravagance & Three Other Plays - Hardcover Book

Dacia Maraini

Extravagance and Three Other PlaysAuthor(s): Dacia Maraini, James R. Schwarten\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: John Cabot University Press\nISBN-13: 9781611495454, 978-1611495454\nSynopsis\nThe collection includes four theatrical works of acclaimed Italian author, Dacia Maraini, in a dual-language format (Italian/English). The works have been chosen around the themes of distress, exclusion, and various manifestations of tragedy with particular reference to women. The works were chosen within a modern and a historical reference in order to give breadth to the main themes. The individual works include: (a) Stravaganza/Extravagance. The unfolding drama alludes to the Legge Basaglia (the so-called Basaglia Law, 180/1978), whose prescriptions included the closure of insane asylums throughout Italy; (b) Camille. In this piece, Maraini offers a reinterpretation of the storied and controversial relationship between the sculptor, Auguste Rodin,.