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Carnivalesque motives in the theatre of Enrico Cavacchioli

Enrico Cavacchioli, once a renowned journalist, poet and playwright, is barely mentioned in contemporary anthologies or critical surveys. Once a highly respected representative of the Futurist movement, along with being one of the most prominent representatives of the Grotesque theatre, he is now almost completely neglected by critics. Cavacchioli’s theatre brims with symbols and it …