MANGO Lorenzo

Lorenzo Mango is Full Professor in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre PEMM-01/A ex(L-ART/05) at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”from 2005. From 1992 to 2005 he was Associated Professor in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre at the same University and at the University of Salerno, where he was University Researcher from 1984 to 1992.

He is a member of the Board of the Phd in Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and he has been the Coordinator of the Phd in History of Modern and Contemporary Theatre of the same University.

From 2017 to 2021 he has been President of the Library’s Scientific Board of the University of Naples “L’Orientale” (SIBA) and Responsible, for this University, of the project ‘Share’ (Scholarly Heritage and Access to Research), a consortium made between the University of Naples “Federico II”, the University of Naples “Parthenope”, the University of Naples “Vanvitelli”, the University of Basilicata, the University of Sannio, the University of Salerno.

He has been a member of the Committee for the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for the Academic Field 10/C1 Theatre, Music, Cinema, Television and media for the year 2012. He has been President of the Association of Italian University Professors in Theatre and History of the Theatre (CUT, Theatre University Association). He is the Director of the Theatre Department of the Laboratory Museum for Contemporary Art “Hermann Nitsch” of Naples and Scientific Advisor of the Morra Foundation’s Living Theatre Archives.

Professor Mango is Co-Editor in Chief of the scientific web journal “Acting Archives Review. Journal of Studies in Actor and Acting” and a member of the Scientific Committee of the journals “Drammaturgia”, “Mimesis Journal”. He is a member of the Editorial Board of “Annals of Romance Philology”, a Journal of the University of Naples “L’Orientale” and of the "European Journal of Theatre and Performance". He is co-director of the ‘Percorsi e attraversamenti teatrali’ series of "Le Bussole " Carocci.

He was Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2009 “Acting Theories and Birth of Modern Directing. Archive and Critic Catalogue of Documentary Sources".
He is Principal Investigatore of the PRIN 2022 "A direction in transition. A study of directing processes in Italy starting from the 1990s. Digital cataloging of documentary material
and historical and critical analysis".

His studies are mainly devoted to modern and contemporary theatre, with special attention to the process of linguistic renewal of the scene, to the relationship between visual arts and theatre, and to the problematic relationship between stage directions and dramaturgy. He has dedicated to these topics various works – some being characterized by a historical approach and others by a methodological statement.