italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies
I don't know if this fits your requirements, but there was an
extraordinary incident in one of the productions of this play by the
American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, in 1967, when they
were still using the Marines Theatre. In the first act, one of the
leading actors (Richard Dysart) got his lines mixed up and blurted out the
shocking revelation made near the end of the play. The actors got together
backstage during the intermission and rewrote the play on the spot. ACT had
another theatre, the Geary, which was showing another play at the same
time. The actors there heard about what was happening up the street and during
their own intermission ran in to see what was happening and to give
advice about what to do next. It was described to me later as one of the
most fascinating, electric nights at the theatre that this person had ever
witnessed, and it seems quite Pisandello-esque.
Adrienne DeAngelis
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