Marco Paolini (born March 5, 1956) is an Italian stage actor,

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and

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.Biography of Marco Paolini (International Institute for Theater Research)
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Personal background

Paolini is the son of a

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and a housewife from Belluno,

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. In the 1970s, he moved to

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and started working in

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Professional background

Paolini's repertory includes civil theatre.Article about Marco Paolini on elapsus.it
/ref> His performances usually consist of monologues with frequent use of the

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, irony and

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. Inspired by

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, he is an Italian exponent of narrative theatre. Until 1994, Paolini worked with various theatre groups, including Teatro degli Stracci, Studio 900 of Treviso, Tag Teatro of

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and Laboratorio Teatro Settimo. In 1995, received the Ubu Prize for writing ''Il racconto del Vajont'' (translated: The Vajont Tale), which was dedicated to the disaster of the

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in Italy. The ceremony aired on

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Italian television. Since 1999, he has produced his own works with his company JoleFilm. He has also collaborated with the Italian folk band

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, along with the lead singer,

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Theatre

* ''Album teatrali'' (five tales from 1987 to 1999) * ''Il racconto del Vajont'' (1994) * ''Appunti forestali'' (1996) * ''Il milione – Quaderno veneziano di Marco Paolini'' (1997) * ''Appunti foresti dal Milione quaderno veneziano'' (2002) * ''I Bestiari'' (four tales from 1998 to 1999) * ''I-TIGI Canto per Ustica'' (dedicated to the

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) (2000) * ''Parlamento chimico – Storie di plastica'' (2001) * ''Song no. 32'' (2003) * ''Karma-Kola'' (2006) * ''Teatro Civico, sei monologhi per Report'' (six tales, 2003) * ''Album dal teatro alla televisione'' (13 tales, 2005) Marco paolini galileo jan 11th 2012

* ''Miserabili – Io e Margaret Thatcher'' (2007) * ''Il Sergente'' (inspired by '' Il sergente nella neve'' (1953) by

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'' –

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(1993) * ''

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'' –

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(1995) * '' I piccoli maestri'' –

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(1998) * '' Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern'' – C. Mazzacurati and M. Paolini (1999) * ''

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'' – Carlo Mazzacurati (2000) * '' Vivere'' –

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(2001) * '' A cavallo della tigre'' – Carlo Mazzacurati (2002)

Discography

* ''Marco Paolini legge Ernesto Calzavara'' (2001) * ''Sputi'', with the " Mercanti di Liquore" (2004)''Sputi'' on antiwarsongs.org
/ref> * ''Marcovaldo di Calvino letto da Paolini'' (

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with "

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") (2006) * ''Miserabili'' with the "Mercanti di Liquore" (2008)

Bibliography

* Presotto, Carlo. ''L'isola e i teatri,'' Bulzoni (2001) * Cannella, Claudia. "Dossier Teatro di Narrazione," in ''Hystrio'' (2005) * Guccini, Gerardo. ''La bottega dei narratori,'' Rome: Dino Audino editore (2005) * Soriani, Simone. "Dario Fo, il teatro di narrazione, la nuova performance epica. Per una genealogia di un quasi-genere," in ''Forum Italicum'' (2005) * Perissinotto, Cristina. "Polo, Paolini e Venezia: riflessioni lagunari," in ''Italica'' (2005)

References

External links

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Marco Paolini and JoleFilm official website
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