L'organizzazione teatrale dal XVI al XXI secolo

The essay comments on some of the main documents attesting to the turning points of professionalism and theatre organisation in the modern and contemporary ages. From the professionalism of the actors of the Commedia dell'arte to the revival of this model in the opera theatre; the birth of the figure of the theatre manager; the passage of the theatre from market to industry; the birth of the figure of the theatre agent. In the 20th century, the essay finally studies the plurality of organisational forms determined by the various interventions of the state in favour of theatrical activity.