Artefact Type:

theatrical piece

Description:

Model of itinerant theatre, which existed in Italy since late 19th century and which Fascism adopted since 1929, based on majestic wooden structures functioning as stages, which were transported on trucks; the goal was to bring theatre to underprivileged and excluded categories of people and areas, outside of cities and in the most remote Italian regions, building consent.

First Performance Date :

1929

Tag(s) :

State art
Totalitarian art
New Man
Public or civic sphere
Sacralization
Media manipulation
Statalization
Mass culture
Total work of art
Cultural critique
Public spectacle