50 Years since the Transition. Memorial Patterns of the Spanish State Theatre (1975 to the Present)

This monograph collects some of the most relevant results of the first phase of the project PRIN 2022 Identity Heritage and Cultural Memory. The Elaboration of the Past through the Theatre of Democratic Spain (1975 to the Present), funded by the European Union and the Italian Ministry of University and Research, developed by the Universities of Turin, Roma Tre and Pisa and since april 2025 also Ca’ Foscari of Venice, whose research Units are coordinated by Veronica Orazi (PI of the project, previously University of Turin and currently Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), Simone Trecca (University of Roma Tre) and Enrico Di Pastena (University of Pisa). With the aim of identifying and defining the canon of memory theatre in the Spanish State, the study of memorial dramaturgy in the Castilian, Catalan, Galician and Basque-Navarre contexts was undertaken, both through the research of the project participants and in collaboration with experts from the above-mentioned fields of reference, as demonstrated by the articles gathered here. This specific line of research of the project, based on an intra-state conceptualization, problematization and representation through the stage of the object of study, was designed with a view to future developments, to strengthen and expand the network of scientific synergies on the topic, also with a view to participation in future investigations. Moreover, scientific research is coupled with a solid synergy with playwrights, drama companies and theatres, such as the Palladium Theatre, of the University of Roma Tre, and foresees the dissemination of the results among the wider public and civil society. In this perspective, the dramatised reading of the Italian translation of Música para Hitler by Yolanda García Serrano and Juan Carlos Rubio (Rome, Teatro Palladium, 17 March 2024), the staging of Descarriadas by Laila Ripoll (Rome, Teatro Palladium, 18-19 March 2024) and ¡Ay Carmela! by José Sanchis Sinisterra (Rome, Teatro Palladium, 6-8 May 2024), were realized. The Italian versions of the texts were respectively edited by Enrico Di Pastena, Veronica Orazi and Simone Trecca