TY - BOOK ID - 78340695 TI - A history of Neapolitan drama in the twentieth century PY - 2016 SN - 144388622X 9781443886222 9781443885461 1443885460 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK DB - UniCat KW - Italian drama KW - Theater KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - History and criticism. KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78340695 AB - In a world that tends to homologate, thus becoming, in every aspect of our lives, grey, flat and uniform, so creating the world of universal similarity (including language), does it still make sense today to talk about vernacular theatre? Tackling such a question implies uncovering the reasons for the disappearance of the many regional theatres that were present in Italy in the nineteenth century. There is no doubt that first the unification of the country in 1861, and then the language policies of fascism in the '30s were the final nails in the coffin for local theatres. It is also true, howe ER -