Nota delle curatrici

The book has its roots in a seminar held in 2015 in the University Centre of Imperia. The seminar was devoted to oral sources and theatre. It was a first, important opportunity for (Italian and French) theatre historians and oral historians to meet and have a debate. After a first part centred on interdisciplinary considerations (Oral history, memory, theatre), the book collects essays organized into two conceptual subdivisions. Oral sources for the theatre deals with oral sources as documentary resources for theatre history and for a polyphonic memory of theatre, by exploring methodological questions and offering some concrete examples. Oral sources in the theatre focuses on theatre performances where oral sources are used as dramaturgy materials. The book doesn’t offer unequivocal answers, but it confirms the countless and possible exchanges of views between orality and theatre scholars. This result is a dynamic and open research of new tools and knowledge.