by CARLO GOLDONI
directed by LUCA RONCONI
scenography : Margherita Palli
lighting : Gerardo Modica
sound : Hubert Westkemper
costumes : Gabriele Mayer
Music : Paolo Terni
with Riccardo Bini, Federica Castellini, Francesca Ciocchetti, Giovanni Crippa, Massimo De Francovich, Pasquale Di Filippo, Raffaele Esposito, Gianluigi Fogacci, Pia Lanciotti, Giulia Lazzarini, Matteo Romoli, Simone Toni, Giovanni Vaccaro, Marco Vergani
and Ivan Alovisio, Gabriele Falsetta, Andrea Luini (the boys)
Production Piccolo Teatro di Milano - Teatro d'Europa
In coproduction with the Odéon Théâtre de l'Europe
created in the Piccolo Teatro Milano, the 16th January, 2007
length : 3 hours, including an interval
Cast
Summarize The Fan? Might as well try to track the trajectory of a butterfly, because Goldoni's three-act comedy is full of delightful whimsy and the lightness of spring. And just as a butterfly's wings can provoke a tempest, so can this fan. As it waves faster and faster, from hand to hand, the calm sky of mutual love grows dark with ever-threatening clouds. Everything returns to order when the fan finally reaches its destination; but its almost motionless journey across a small square in an Italian village, is enough for Goldoni to masterfully paint a society's portrait. For the tricentennial of Goldoni's birth, sixty years after the birth of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan and ten years after Giorgio Strehler's death, Luca Ronconi pays homage to his illustrious predecessor by performing the play which brought the master such triumphant success.
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