The present essay focuses on Don Bosco’s decision to adopt Catholic popular theatre as a further educational tool, to the point that at a later time it becomes part of the methods of the Preventive System. The stage thus becomes, not only a place of learning for the spectators, but also for the actors themselves. The first theatrical performance, according to what is mentioned in Memorie, dates back to June 29, 1847.
SUMMARY
- 1. Theatre and popular culture
- 2. The idea which inspired this initiative
- 3. The developments of the phenomenon
- 4. The most immediate educative medium
- 5. Don Bosco’s modernity
Reference time period: 1847 – 1870
S. Pivato, Don Bosco and the popular theatre, in Don Bosco’s place in history, edited by Patrick Egan and Mario Midali, LAS, Roma 1993, 439-449.
Reference institution:
Centro Studi Don Bosco