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       dell’Orologio, and in a host of   Puppet theater is another   Tasso on the Janiculum stages
       small theaters in cellars, garages,  Roman tradition. Shows take   comedy shows from July
       apartments, or even tents.  place early in the evening on   through September. In winter
         The Palladium and the   weekends, and sometimes   the company performs at the
       Vascello tend to stage works    during the week, at Teatro    Teatro Anfitrione.
       by contemporary authors and   Verde and Teatro Mongiovino.     Nearby is a street puppet
       occasional avant-garde produc-  In the Villa Borghese, the Teatro   theater booth. Shows are
       tions. Some of them, like Teatro   San Carlino also presents plays   usually in the afternoons, with
       India and Orologio, also put on   with the younger audience    morning shows on Sundays.
       foreign-language productions.  in mind.
                                               English Theater
       Folk, Cabaret, and    Outdoor Theater   The English Theater of Rome
       Puppet Theater
                           The outdoor summer theater   brings English-language
       Roman and Neapolitan folk   season usually features Greek   productions to the Teatro
       songs and cabaret can be en -  and Roman plays at Ostia   Arciliuto, while the Miracle
       joyed in Trastevere’s tourist-trade  Antica (see pp272–3) and at   Players perform comic adapt-
       restaurants, like Meo Patacca,   Rome’s own Globe Theater    ations of the classics in various
       while La. Vi. (see p357) offers   in Villa Borghese.  historical locations, including
       more sophisticated evenings.    The Anfiteatro Quercia del   the Roman Forum in summer.
                               DIRECTORY
        Prima Visione  Dei Piccoli   Teatro Brancaccio  Folk, Cabaret,
                      Viale della Pineta 15. Map   Via Merulana 244. Map 6   Puppet Theater
        Farnese       5 B1. Tel 06-855 3485.  D5. Tel 06-8068 7231.
        Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56.   Teatro Eliseo  Meo Patacca
        Map 4 E5. Tel 06-686 4395.  Filmstudio      P. dei Mercanti 30. Map 8
                      Via degli Orti d’Alibert 1C.   Via Nazionale 183.    D1. Tel 06-581 6198.
        Fiamma        Map 4 D4.      Map 5 B4. Tel 06-488 721.
        Via Bissolati 47. Map 5 C2.   Tel 06-4543 9775.  ∑ teatroeliseo.it  Teatro Mongiovino
                                                    Via Genocchi 15.
        Tel 06-8880 1284.            Teatro India
                      Nuovo Sacher   Lungotevere Vittorio   Tel 06-513 9405.
        Greenwich     Largo Ascianghi 1. Map 7   Gassman 1. Map 7 C5.   Teatro San Carlino
        Via Bodoni 59. Map 7 C3.   C2. Tel 06-581 8116.  Tel 06-684 0001.  Viale dei Bambini (Pincio).
        Tel 06-574 5825.  Palazzo delle   Teatro Piccolo Eliseo  Map 4 F1. Tel 06-6992
        Nuovo Olimpia  Esposizioni   Via Nazionale 183. Map 5   2117. ∑ sancarlino.it
        Via in Lucina 16. Map 12   Via Nazionale 194. Map 5   B4. Tel 06-488 2114.  Teatro Verde
        E1. Tel 06-8880 1283.  B4. Tel 06-3996 7500.   Teatro Quirino  Circonvall. Gianicolense 10.
                      ∑ palazzoesposizioni.it  Via delle Vergini 7.    Map 7 B4. Tel 06-588 2034.
        Reale                        Map 5 A4 & 12 F2.
        Piazza Sonnino 7.    Parco della Musica  Tel 06-679 4585.    Outdoor Theater
                      Viale de Coubertin 30. Map
        Map 7 C1. Tel 06-5810 234.   ∑ teatroquirino.it
                      1 C2. Tel 06-8024 1281.       Anfiteatro Quercia
        Roma          ∑ romacinemafest.it  Teatro Sistina  del Tasso
        Piazza Barberini 24. Map 5   Via Sistina 129. Map 5 B2.   Passeggiata del Gianicolo.
        B3. Tel 06-8639 1361.  Studio Tours  Tel 06-420 0711.  Map 3 C5. Tel 06-575 0827.
                                     Teatro Vittoria
        The Space Cinema   Cinecittà Shows Off  Piazza S. Maria Liberatrice 8.   Globe Theater
        Moderno       Via Tuscolana 1055.    Map 8 D3. Tel 06-574 0598.  Largo Aqua Felix.
        Piazza della Repubblica 45.   Tel 06-722 931.   Map 2 E5. Tel 06-0608.
        Map 5 C3. Tel 892 111.  ∑ cinecittastudios.it  Contemporary   Teatro Anfitrione
                                     Theater        Via di San Saba 24. Map 8
        Arthouse Movie   Mainstream   Palladium     E3. Tel 06-575 0827.
        Theaters      Theater        Piazza B. Romano 8 (south
                      Teatro Ambra   of Stazione Ostiense).    English Theater
        Azzurro Scipioni  Jovinelli  Tel 06-5733 2768.
        Via degli Scipioni 82. Map   Piazza G. Pepe 43. Map 6   English Theater
                                                    of Rome
        3 C2. Tel 06-3973 7161.  E4. Tel 06-8308 2884.  Teatro dell’Orologio  Teatro Arciliuto,
                                     Via dei Filippini 17A. Map
        Casa del Cinema  Teatro Argentina  11 B3. Tel 06-687 5550.  Piazza Montevecchio 5.
        Largo M. Mastroianni 1.   Largo Argentina 52.    Teatro Vascello  Map 3 C5. Tel 06-577 0827.
        Map 5 B1. Tel 06-423 601.   Map 4 F4. Tel 06-684 0001.   Via G. Carini 72. Map 7 A2.   Miracle Players
        ∑ casadelcinema.it  ∑ teatrodiroma.net  Tel 06-588 1021.   ∑ miracleplayers.it




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