| Summary: | The first staging in Italy of the drama Il ferro by Gabriele
d’Annunzio, in January 1914, took place in production circumstances
that were very peculiar and unique for the theatre scene of the time.
Indeed, after the performance of the French version in December 1913 in
Paris, with the title Le Chèvrefeuille, d’Annunzio’s theatrical
text needed a major publicity launch. And, indeed, there is no doubt
that its organisational process was quite bizarre. Preceded by long
negotiations with the impresario Adolfo Re Riccardi, the composition of
this text, not among Vate’s luckiest one, was certainly late compared to
the backer’s expectations. Especially, the precedence given to the
French version, which can be considered different, set in motion the
will to create an event for the best of the audience attracted by the
idea of assisting to the world première of a new text by d’Annunzio. On
the evening of Tuesday the 27th of January Il ferro was staged
in Rome, at the Teatro Valle and in Turin at the Teatro Carignano, while
in Milan it took place at the Teatro Manzoni on the day after,
Wednesday the 28th of January. The press described these evenings
enthusiastically appreciating especially the actors’ performance, among
the best in Italy: in Rome it was the Company of Ugo Piperno and Lyda
Borelli with Teresa Mariani; in Turin Virginia Reiter, Nera Carini and
Luigi Carini; in Milan Tina di Lorenzo, Emilia Varini and Febo Mari.
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