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Body of State - A Nation Divided (Paperback)
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Body of State - A Nation Divided (Paperback)
Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
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Body of State offers a translation of Marco Baliani's acclaimed
dramatic monologue, Corpo di stato, concerning the 1978 kidnapping
and assassination of Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the
terrorist Red Brigades. Corpo di stato was commissioned by Italian
state television in 1998 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary
of the "Moro Affair." Baliani's monologue, refracted through the
prism of the intervening twenty years, consists of a merciless
self-examination, alternately anguished and affectionate, in an
effort to confront his generation's complicity in the dissolution
of Italian politics in the wake of the national trauma of Moro's
murder. Through over a hundred performances since its 1998 debut,
the piece has evolved in response to the forceful reactions of
Italian audiences. The first draft of this English translation
offered the supertitles for performances in Baliani's 2009 U.S.
tour, and was subsequently expanded to reflect the most recent
version of the text. This unique volume features a translation of
the dramatic monologue, embedding it in a context that richly
documents the events. The volume includes a preface by translator
and performance studies scholar Ron Jenkins, a critical
introduction, Baliani's thoughts about the 1998 production for
Italian television, an interview with Baliani and his artistic
collaborator, Maria Maglietta, and the afterword they wrote in
light of the 2009 tour. In addition, Body of State provides
precious documentation in the form of reviews, contributed by
scholars, students, and spectators, of Baliani's 2009 North
American tour. A celebrated author and performer, Marco Baliani is
well known as one of the originators of the "theater of narration."
Starting in 1978, his first performances grew directly from his
engagement in radical politics. In 1989 he adapted Heinrich von
Kleist's novella, Kohlhaas (1989), into a riveting monologue which
he performed on a bare stage, sitting on a chair for ninety
minutes. Kohlhaas marked his passage to a "pure" theater of
narration and is today a classic of the genre. Since Kohlhaas,
Baliani has shown interest in social, political, and literary
themes. Recurring in his work are the psychological and ethical
tensions that arise when the search for justice clashes with power
or social injustice.
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