Dialogues on staging tool
The Quatro Dialoghi in materia di rapresentazioni sceniche (Four Dialogues on Staging) were written by Leone de' Sommi in 1568. They cover the use of voice and body, the set, the lighting and the costumes.
The Dialogues on Staging teaching tool is a video of a staged performance of the dialogues, discussing the importance of the technicians and the technics to the theatre event. The video can give an expanded understanding of the text, and therefore a better understanding of the staging practices of the 16th century.
The video is available on YouTube.
You can stage the dialogues yourself, following our teaching methodology From Text to Theatre: staging the dialogues of Leone de’ Sommi.
Learn more about how the set was build in the Workshop to build a scenography for de’ Sommi’s dialogues page and in the workshop Investigating Accelerated Perspective Using Serlio’s Scenes.
Credits
Staging: Rosa Fernández Cruz
Performers: RESAD 4th year students in text based theatre: Alba López Fernández and Javier Martín Hernández
Set design: Carmen Arias, Felisa de Blas and Almudena López Villalba with RESAD 2nd year set design students
Lighting design: Miguel A. Camacho and RESAD 2nd year set design students
Costume design: RESAD 3rd year set design students Beatriz López Ruiz and Amalia Izagirre.