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+ | In the CURIA, APUG and COLLEGIO ROMANO fonds, the APUG conserves numerous manuscripts of plays written by rhetoric professors at the Collegio Romano and other Jesuit colleges from the mid-16th century onwards.<br> | ||
+ | Jesuit theatre embraced the heritage of both sacred plays and classical drama: adapted to the dynamics of Baroque theatre (which reached its peak in the 16th and 17th centuries), it continued to thrive in later centuries. The repertoire consists mainly of Latin tragedies, but there are also works written in the various national languages. The authors and editors of the plays were almost always teachers of rhetoric; the students acted. The same text was performed in several colleges and was sometimes modified for the occasion.<br> | ||
+ | [[File:Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum 47.jpg|thumb|Andrea Pozzo, ''Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum'', II, Fig. 47. Scenografia per le Quarant'ore nella Chiesa del Gesù di Roma (1695).]] | ||
+ | An integral part of Jesuit college life (thanks mainly to the teaching programme, where the study of rhetoric played an important role), poetic and oratorical compositions paved the way for dramatic compositions and their staging. Above all, the writing of "dialogues" - orations, speeches, interludes entrusted to the masters of the Collegio Romano on the occasion of academic acts, literary tributes or greetings to illustrious guests - continued to run parallel to the production of the dramas themselves. The APUG conserves several miscellaneous specimens that attest to the existence of these particular didactic-literary works, born from the contamination of multiple genres. An example of this - one of the first - is [[Des Freux, André|André des Freux]]'s dialogic poem ''De scientiarum honestate ac utilitate dialogus'', composed in 1554 at the Collegio Romano. It was also performed outside Italy, as for instance in Coimbra, where two important Latin tragedies by [[Venegas, Miguel|Miguel Venegas]]: 'were staged: ''Saul Gelboeus'' (1559), and ''Tragoedia cui nomen inditum Achabus'' (1562).<br> | ||
+ | The subjects of the Jesuit drama are taken from the Old Testament, martyrology and later from Greek and Roman historiography. Its ideological core, with an edifying purpose, was the clash between good and evil, both in the human soul and in the world. Of particular relevance in this regard is [[Tucci,_Stefano|Stefano Tucci]]'s trilogy devoted to the figure of Jesus, which unfolds from the nativity to Christ's triumph in the Last Judgement. In fact, by staging the death of Christ - Rex Martirum - he also paved the way for the sub-genre of the Martyr’s Tragedy. This was later reworked and perfected by [[Stefonio, Bernardino|Bernardino Stefonio]], professor of rhetoric at the Collegio Romano and a leading exponent of what Marc Fumaroli (1932-2020) has called the “dynasty of Roman masters of oratorical art”. Based on the Senecan model, the proper Martyr's Tragedy was born with Stefonius' ''Crispus'' (1597), which was followed by his Flavia (1600). Not only compositions are preserved, but also indications on the practice and rules to be followed in the writing of the text and in the performance itself. In other words, this vast material offers an unprecedented opportunity to look not only at single cases, but also at the making and characteristics of the "poetics" of Jesuit drama.<br> | ||
+ | In the PUG Historical Archive, in addition to numerous specimens of the works of Tucci and Stefonio, scrolling through the APUG index of volumes, we find the manuscripts of the rhetoricians [[Perpinyà, Juan Pedro|Pedro Juan Perpinyà]], [[Torsellini, Orazio|Orazio Torsellini]], [[Galluzzi, Tarquinio|Tarquinio Galluzzi]], [[Benci, Francesco|Francesco Benci]] and many others.' | ||
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+ | Not only compositions are preserved, but also indications on the practice and rules to be kept in the drafting of the text and the actual performance.<br> | ||
+ | Among the most important sources are the three unpublished volumes of the Annals of the Roman Seminary by Girolamo Nappi (1584-1648) [[Annali del Seminario Romano|Annals of the Roman Seminary]] by [[Nappi, Girolamo|Girolamo Nappi]] in which it is possible to trace the academic life of the seminary year by year from 1563 to 1647. | ||
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Copyrights
Unless otherwise indicated, all files and contributions (transcriptions, pages, comments) uploaded and submitted to GATE by administrators and users are considered to be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. All the rights on the images of the manuscripts or other documentation are property of the Historical Archives of the Pontifical Gregorian University (User:ArchivesPUG). If you need high resolution images for your publications or for other usages, please contact us using this form.Your contributions to GATE must be original or, at most, copied from public domain or similar free sources. Remember to always cite your sources and, more important, do not submit copyrighted work without permission.
Report any abuses to the project administrators, using this form.
In the CURIA, APUG and COLLEGIO ROMANO fonds, the APUG conserves numerous manuscripts of plays written by rhetoric professors at the Collegio Romano and other Jesuit colleges from the mid-16th century onwards.
Jesuit theatre embraced the heritage of both sacred plays and classical drama: adapted to the dynamics of Baroque theatre (which reached its peak in the 16th and 17th centuries), it continued to thrive in later centuries. The repertoire consists mainly of Latin tragedies, but there are also works written in the various national languages. The authors and editors of the plays were almost always teachers of rhetoric; the students acted. The same text was performed in several colleges and was sometimes modified for the occasion.
An integral part of Jesuit college life (thanks mainly to the teaching programme, where the study of rhetoric played an important role), poetic and oratorical compositions paved the way for dramatic compositions and their staging. Above all, the writing of "dialogues" - orations, speeches, interludes entrusted to the masters of the Collegio Romano on the occasion of academic acts, literary tributes or greetings to illustrious guests - continued to run parallel to the production of the dramas themselves. The APUG conserves several miscellaneous specimens that attest to the existence of these particular didactic-literary works, born from the contamination of multiple genres. An example of this - one of the first - is André des Freux's dialogic poem De scientiarum honestate ac utilitate dialogus, composed in 1554 at the Collegio Romano. It was also performed outside Italy, as for instance in Coimbra, where two important Latin tragedies by Miguel Venegas: 'were staged: Saul Gelboeus (1559), and Tragoedia cui nomen inditum Achabus (1562).
The subjects of the Jesuit drama are taken from the Old Testament, martyrology and later from Greek and Roman historiography. Its ideological core, with an edifying purpose, was the clash between good and evil, both in the human soul and in the world. Of particular relevance in this regard is Stefano Tucci's trilogy devoted to the figure of Jesus, which unfolds from the nativity to Christ's triumph in the Last Judgement. In fact, by staging the death of Christ - Rex Martirum - he also paved the way for the sub-genre of the Martyr’s Tragedy. This was later reworked and perfected by Bernardino Stefonio, professor of rhetoric at the Collegio Romano and a leading exponent of what Marc Fumaroli (1932-2020) has called the “dynasty of Roman masters of oratorical art”. Based on the Senecan model, the proper Martyr's Tragedy was born with Stefonius' Crispus (1597), which was followed by his Flavia (1600). Not only compositions are preserved, but also indications on the practice and rules to be followed in the writing of the text and in the performance itself. In other words, this vast material offers an unprecedented opportunity to look not only at single cases, but also at the making and characteristics of the "poetics" of Jesuit drama.
In the PUG Historical Archive, in addition to numerous specimens of the works of Tucci and Stefonio, scrolling through the APUG index of volumes, we find the manuscripts of the rhetoricians Pedro Juan Perpinyà, Orazio Torsellini, Tarquinio Galluzzi, Francesco Benci and many others.'
Not only compositions are preserved, but also indications on the practice and rules to be kept in the drafting of the text and the actual performance.
Among the most important sources are the three unpublished volumes of the Annals of the Roman Seminary by Girolamo Nappi (1584-1648) Annals of the Roman Seminary by Girolamo Nappi in which it is possible to trace the academic life of the seminary year by year from 1563 to 1647.