« Grande frastuono di tamburi » : primi appunti sull’originale dell’Orlando furioso di Edoardo Sanguineti

The essay offers a preliminary description of the original script of Orlando furioso by Edoardo Sanguineti, long believed to be lost and now preserved at the Interuniversity Research Center dedicated to the Genoese poet. It is a complete text, concluding with the death of Rodomonte, and it allows for a precise understanding of the performance – together with the directorial concepts – that Sanguineti had devised prior to Luca Ronconi’s interventions. This is a fundamental document that sheds light on the origins of the practice of ‘travestimento’.