http://www.peren-revues.fr/coupdetheatre/821 Publications de Auteurs Maria Elena Capitani fr 0 http://www.peren-revues.fr/coupdetheatre/820 Martin Crimp has never been a prophet in his own country. Nevertheless, most of his ambiguous plays have entered the repertoire of several theatres across Europe and overseas. The reasons why this elusive English dramatist is so appealing abroad are to be found in his Continental influences: “Crimpland” is an in-between theatrical space where different traditions such as the absurd, surrealism, and – according to some critics – even post-drama intermingle and converge with a British flavour. As the variety of Italian productions suggests, Crimp’s work has been well received in the Bel Paese. His first encounter with the Italian stage dates back to 1996-97, when “Intercity Festival” in Sesto Fiorentino was devoted to London, the home of British new writing. After an overview of Crimp’s reception in Italy, this article will focus on the experimental and intensive work carried out by Accademia degli Artefatti, a theatrical company based in Rome and founded in the early Nineties by Fabrizio Arcuri. Fascinated by the meaningful ellipses and linguistic ambiguities permeating Crimp’s plays, Artefatti started exploring the ‘unsaid’ in this slippery theatrical territory with the trilogy Tre Pezzi Facili – Meno Emergenze (Fewer Emergencies), Avviso alle donne irachene (Advice to Iraqi Women), Faccia al muro (Face to the Wall) – which received the prestigious Ubu award in 2005. In that year, the company presented Attempts on Her Life/Attentati alla vita di lei – 17 soggetti per il teatro, followed by Be-sides (Misantropo: Molière / Crimp) (2006), as part of the wider project “Dress-code: Reality” (2001-2006), which included – among others – plays by Chris O’Connell and Sarah Kane, showing how contemporary British theatre is a breeding ground for aesthetic (and ethical) investigation. jeu., 06 févr. 2025 15:03:37 +0100 mer., 08 juil. 2026 12:12:49 +0200 http://www.peren-revues.fr/coupdetheatre/820