Guglielmo Guidi
Actor, Playwright and Director
Actor, playwright and director since 1966, he has collaborated with artists of the calibre of Robert Wilson, Peter Greenaway, Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Glass. He directed the opening and the first three seasons of the Teatro Augusteo of Naples, from 1991 to 1994; from 1997 to 1999 he held the same office at the Teatro Politeama of Naples. In 1995 he is the artistic director for “prima rassegna teatrale di AMALFI” on behalf of the City of Salerno. In 1996 he is the artistic director of “CARTHUSIA” at the Certosa di Capri on behalf of Teatro Nuovo of Milan. In 1999 he is artistic director for the Castel Sant’Elmo Theatre Festival “Musei sotto le Stelle” promoted by the Ministry of Culture. In 2000, he directed the first Theatre Festival of the Royal Palace of Caserta (Prima Rassegna Teatrale delle Regge Vanvitelliane) and of “Palazzo Reale di Napoli”, promoted by the Superintendence for Environmental and Architectural Heritage of Naples and Campania Region.
Author since 1978, his first play “Dialogo con la Morte” (“Dialogue with Death”) was performed at the S. Ferdinando Theatre of Naples for E.T.I. – S. Ferdinando Ricerca directed by Giulio Baffi. From 1981 to 1987, he establishes and heads a Theatrical Research Organization recognized by Campania Region as Cultural Authority of Regional Importance L.R. 49/85. In 1983, he is the artistic director of the Teatro Cilea of Naples.
From 1988 to 1990, he is the artistic director of the Accademia Teatrale of Teatro Diana of Naples. For many years involved in a research on theatrical theoretics, he designs and realizes for the first time in Italy a Process of Dramatization on the fields of transposition of significant systems, which earned him the publication of the volume “Teaching between the Scenes” (“Insegnare tra le quinte”) published by “Nuova Italia” – Florence 1988.
He has collaborated with the Education Sciences Department of University “La Sapienza” of Rome with theatrical workshops and lessons on the theme: “the expressive elements of the voice”. He has directed over the national territory ranging from drama to musical and ballet. For the three-year period 1997-2000, he receives, from the Provveditorato agli Studi di
Napoli, the position of director of dramatization courses for teachers of schools of every order and degree on the “theatrical process”.
Theatrical Seasons:
Actor/Director
2022
TEATRO BELLI – ROMA “CLONMACNOISE” Beat come Battito adapted from Baricco’s trilogy:
“The Barbarians” (I Barbari) – “THE GAME” (The Game) – “What we were
looking for” (Quel che stavamo cercando)
by Alessandro Baricco
2020
TEATRO LA COMETA OFF – ROMA “CLONMACNOISE” Storie di Uomini e di Spiriti adapted from:
“The Barbarians”
by Alessandro Baricco
2019
TEATRO SAN BABILA – MILANO
“BACIAMI JAMES” (Kissing Sid James)
by Robert Farquhar (prima nazionale)
2018
TEATRO BELLI – ROMA
“TREND – nuove frontiere della scena britannica”
“BOGUS WOMAN”
by Kay Adshead
2017
TEATRO BELLI – ROMA
“TREND – nuove frontiere della scena britannica”
“BAD JAZZ”
by Robert Farquhar and The Tetralogies: “Henriad” – “The wars of the roses”
by W. Shakespeare
2016
TEATRO BELLI – ROMA
“TREND – nuove frontiere della scena britannica”
“Polvere alla polvere” (Dust to dust)
by Robert Farquhar
2014/2015
TEATRO VASCELLO – ROMA
“The seagull” by Anton Cechov
2013/2014
ROMA – FRINGE FESTIVAL
“A. V. E.” by Enrico Roselli
2012/2013
“Non ti riconosco più” by Aldo De Benedetti
2011/2012
“Un, deux, trois… PAM, HAM!” directed by Marcello Cotugno
”Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Andrea Battistini
2010/2011
“L’avare” by Molière, with Luigi De Filippo
“Bologna 2 Agosto” a film by Daniele Santamaria
2009/2010
“Fleur de Cactus” with Franco Castellano and Eleonora Giorgi
“La Nuova Squadra” fiction RAI TRE
“Lena” written and directed by Alessandro Fea
2008/2009
“Fleur de Cactus” with Remo Girone and Eleonora Giorgi
“La Nuova Squadra” fiction RAI TRE
“X Y REDUX – Io e Mamma” by Alessandro Fea – directed by Marcello Cotugno
2007/2008
“Le Nozze di Figaro” with Tullio Solenghi; directed by Matteo Tarasco
2006/2007
“Il gattopardo” with Luca Barbareschi
“La squadra” fiction RAI TRE
2005/2006
“The taming of the shrew” with Tullio Solenghi; directed by Matteo Tarasco
“Orgoglio” fiction RAI UNO
2004/2005
“Adelaide” by F. Calvino with Imma Piro
“Don Pietro Pappagallo” directed by Gianfranco Albano
“Butta la Luna” fiction RAI TRE
2003/2004
“Impromptu” by Molière
2002/2003
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” by W. Shakespeare
2001/2002
“Bedroom farce” by A. Ayckbourn
2001/2002
“Tristan and Isolde” by Thomas Malory
2000/2001
“Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney
1999
“Notre-Dame” by Victor Hugo
1994
“Noises off” by Michael Frayn
1995
“The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie
1988
“L’Uomo, la Bestia e la Virtù” by L. Pirandello
1987
“Theogony” by Hesiod
1986
“Miles Gloriosus” by Plautus
1985
“The pot of gold” by Plautus
1984
“Il Mago Invisibile” by E. Scarpetta
1983
“Maiepoimai” by Adela Turin
1982
“La Bambola” by E. Scarpetta
1978
“Dialogo con la Morte” by G. Guidi (Teatro San Ferdinando di E. De Filippo)
1977
“Il Papocchio” by Samy Fayad
1976
“L’albergo del Silenzio” (L’Hotel du libre échange) by G. Feydeau
1975
“O medico de’ pazze” by E. Scarpetta
“Un Giornalista nei pasticci” by E. De Mura
1974-1966
“The taming of the shrew” by W. Shakespeare
“Cupido Scherza e Spazza” by P. De Filippo
“Una persona fidata” by P. De Filippo
“Miseria Bella” by P. De Filippo
“Alcesti” adapted and directed by E. Massarese
“Virata di Bordo” by Titina De Filippo
“Le Metamorfosi di un suonatore ambulante” by P. De Filippo
“Abbasso il frolloccone” by Metz – Marchesi
