La vocazione teatrale di Alessandro Carli. Un tentativo di riforma delle scene nella Verona del secondo Settecento.

In this thesis is explored the artistic personality of Alessandro Carli (1740-1814), a playwright of tragedies from Verona. His work is examined both from dramaturgical and scenical point of view. Once investigated the specific theatrical context of Veneto in the late Eighteenth century (a context separated between the changing issues coming from the Goldonian reform and the influences of French culture), we analyse the writing structure and some representations of the three tragedies written by Carli ("Telane ed Ermelinda", "I Longobardi" and "Ariàrato"), and the success they gained on the stage. Our study enlightens the project of reform carried out by the Veronesian author: on one side, his project is based on the special attention given to the performing practice (caught between theatrical stagings by noble amateurs or by professional comedians), on the other, on the necessity to form new actors, guided by an acting master, who should also directed them on the stage.