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Library and collection of drama Burcardo
( Biblioteca e raCCOlta teatrale
del Burcardo )
Founded
in 1932 by the SIAE (Italian authors'
and editors' society), this institution is located in
the historic Palazzo del Burcardo, built
between the end of the 15th century and the beginning
of the 16th by the pope's master of ceremonies,
Johannes Burckhardt, on land owned by the
Monastery of Farfa, which lay behind the current
Teatro Argentina. Its proximity to and close
ties with the adjacent theatre, cultivated in the 18th
century by the Cesarini family, who owned the
whole block up till the end of the 19th century, explains
the Municipality of Rome's decision to entrust
the renaissance building to the SIAE on a permanent
basis in 1929 for the creation of a National Theatre
Museum and Theatre Library Indeed, the choice
is particularly in line with the historical vocation
displayed by the area in this direction: there was already
a theatre here in Roman times, the famous
Theatre of Pompey, the first brick structure of
its kind in Ancient Rome.
The 15th
century building had become seriously dilapidated and
was subjected to a series of inappropriate additions
over the years.
It was
first restored in 1931 and then again in 1995, recuperating
the building's original Northern-Gothic architectural
and decorative features, which are virtually unique
in Rome (the terraced plan, on the other hand,
is typical of Roman middle class buildings of the period)
and uncovering the original frescoes of views of
the city.
This
is the evocative setting for the library's various rich
collections, which are all from the world of the
theatre and include scripts, manuscripts,
autographs, papers, bills, programmes
and posters, in addition to paintings,
drawings, prints, sculptures,
marionettes, costumes and an archive of
images containing over 21,000 photos.
These
categories were all present in the museum's original
core, the collection of Luigi Rasi, actor, scholar
of theatre history and former director of the Florence
Acting School, which was purchased by the SIAE
in 1918.
The most
important nuclei are those of Petrolini (costumes,
pictures, prints and sculptures),
Onorati (caricatures) and Carelli
(sketches for sets).
There
is also a valuable collection of 94 statuettes
displaying masks and an 18th century series of richly
draped Chinese marionettes.
Information
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