Erodiade (Herodias / 1969 Testori), play

Erodiade / Erodiàs <Italian> (1969) is a play by Giovanni Testori.

Abstract

Giovanni Testori wrote Erodiade as a literary piece, a monologue of Herodias on the death of John the Baptist. In spite of its inclusion in the programs of the Piccolo Teatro of Milan in 1969 and 1970, the play was never performed in its first version. Testori revised it for performance in 1984 (as Erodiade), when it was staged by actress Adriana Innocenti (the role was later reprised by Raffaella Boscolo, Iaia Forte and Maria Paiato). In 1991-92 Testori wrote another revised version of the piece (published posthumously as Erodiàs in 1994). This third version was first staged in 1998 by actor Sandro Lombardi and then in 2016 by actress Federica Fracassi.

Editions, performances, translations

Published in Milan, Italy: Feltrinelli, 1969 [1st version];

Notable performances

• Erodiade (Herodias / 1984 @1969 Testori / Testori), Milan premiere (play) -- The revised edition premiered in Milan, Italy: Teatro di Porta Romana, 22 October 1984. -- Adriana Innocenti Herodias -- Often performed -- Giovanni Testori, regista

• Erodiade (Herodias / 1991 @1969 Testori / Syxty), Milan production (play) -- Raffaella Boscolo Herodias -- regia di Antonio Syxty -- Milan, Italy: Teatro Out Off (rispoposta nel 2006)

• Erodias (Herodias / 1998 @1969 Testori / Tiezzi), Ravenna production (play) Di Giovanni Testori. Regia di Federico Tiezzi. Scene e costumi di Pier Paolo Bisleri. Luci di Jurai Saleri. Musiche originali di Giancarlo Cardini. Con Sandro Lombardi e Alessandro Schiavo. Compagnia Teatrale i Magazzini. Ravenna Festival. Ravenna, Teatro Rasi, 20 luglio 1998.

< Erodias (2008 @1969 Testori / Lombardi), Florence production (play) -- Maggio Musical 2008 -- Florence, Italy: Cortile del Bargello, 13 May 2008 -- Sandro Lombardi Herodias -- Fabrizia Scassellati, stage director -- Drammaturgia Di Giovanni Testori. Regia di Sandro Lombardi. Scene: Fabrizia Scassellati. Costumi :Marion D’Amburgo. Luci: Gianni Pollini. Foto: Marcello Norberth. Con Sandro Lombardi e Ciro Masella. Produzione Compagnia Lombardi - Tiezzi, Soprintendenza P.S.A.E. per il Polo Museale Firenze, Museo Bargello, 2008. >

• Erodiade (Herodias / 2008 @1969 Testori / Forte), San Ginesio production (play) -- Iaia Forte Herodias e regia -- 7 February 2008

• Erodiade (Herodias / 2010 @1969 Testori / Sepe), Vicenza production (play) Premiered in Vicenza, Italy: Teatro Olimpico, 14-16 ottobre 2010. Also performed in Rome, Italy; Padova, Italy; Venice, Italy: Teatro Goldoni, 12-15 January 2011; and Brescia, Italy: Teatro Odeon, 18 gennaio 2011. -- Maria Paiato (Herodias -- Sepe, stage director.

• Erodias (Herodias / 2016 @1969 Testori / Martinelli), Milan production (play) -- Premiere in Milan, Italy: Teatro i, 16 November 2016 (5 December 2016)-- Federica Fracassi Herodias / regia di Renzo Martinelli --

Adaptations

• Il 17 agosto alle ore 21:00, presso il Palazzo Marchesale di Laterza (TA) si terrà la prima nazionale dell'Erodiade di G. Testori musicata da G. Tamborrino.