Jewish Theatre Making in Mantua, 1520–1650

Erith Jaffe-Berg

doi:10.2307/j.ctv319wqrj

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Edition: 1/2022
Copyright Year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-64189-250-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-64189-251-3
Publisher: Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Series: Jewish Engagements
Language: English
Pages: 202
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Acknowledgements No access
1. Chapter Organization of the Book No access
2. The History of Jews in Mantua No access
3. Marks, Surveillance, and Ghettoization of Jews in Early Modern Italy No access
4. Derisive Representation of Jews in Carnival Performance No access
5. Literary and Textual Presentations of and by the Jews No access
6. Jewish Cultural Institutions No access
7. Communal Celebrations and Space No access
8. The Role of Women No access
9. Social Structures and Dynamics within the Jewish Community No access
10. Institutions for Regulating the Jewish Community No access
11. The Idea of Exchange No access
1. The Backdrop: Theatre Experiments in Northern Italy No access
2. The First Theatrical Performances by the Jews of Pesaro No access
3. Theatre-Making in Ferrara No access
4. Isabella D’Este As a Conduit for Theatre-making Influences Between Ferrara and Mantua No access
5. Early Theatre-Making by the Jews of Mantua No access
6. Mantuan Performances by the Jews and Scenic Innovations No access
1. Early Years No access
2. Other Cities of Temptation and Learning No access
3. Interculturalism and Bilingual Art No access
4. A Comedy of Betrothal (Ṣaḥuth Bediḥuta Deqiddushin): the First Hebrew Play No access
5. Mapping the Levant Through Performance No access
6. De’ Sommi, 1560s Mantua, and the Birth of an Intercultural Theatre-Maker No access
7. De’ Sommi and the Dialoghi: Strengthening Jewish Theatre-making in Mantua No access
8. Maturation and Sedimentation of De’ Sommi’s work in the 1570s and 1580s No access
9. De’ Sommi’s Dexterity in Cultivating Patrons No access
10. De’ Sommi as Advocate for the Jewish Community No access
11. Exit With Fireworks No access
1. Basilea: A Closer Look at the Man No access
1. The Counter-Reformation and its Effect on the Everyday Lives of the Jews of Mantua No access
2. Paradigmatic Shift of Performance No access
3. Jews as Contractors in Vincenzo’s Extravagant Age No access
4. Legal and Economic Dealings Between Jews and Actors No access
5. Desirability and Surveillance of Jewish Performers in the Counter-Reformation No access
6. The Intimacy of Exchange No access
1. The End of Committed Gonzaga Patronage No access
2. The War of Mantuan Succession and its Devastating Effects No access
3. Internal Tensions Within the Jewish Community No access
4. Mantuan Theatre as a Forum for Debate and Exchange No access
5. A Coda: Theatre and Conversion No access
Chapter 7. Conclusion No access Pages 161 - 164
Appendix 1. Translation of Description of Jewish Performance in Pesaro in 1475' No access Pages 165 - 166
Appendix 2. Jewish Performances in Mantua No access Pages 167 - 178
1. Primary Sources and Archives Consulted No access
2. Archival and Primary Sources No access
3. Primary Sources in Translation No access
4. Reference Sources No access
5. Secondary Sources No access
Index No access Pages 183 - 190