The Theatre Museum of Burcardo

Location:	ROME Via del Sudario, 44
Opening time: Mon., Wed. and Fri. 9-13.30, Tues. and Thur. 9-16 • closed Sat. and Sun. Admission free public property The museum is located in the house of Giovanni Burckhardt (1445-1506) and keeps theatre memorablia once belonging to Luigi Rasi, stage costumes, print and drawing collections (more than 3,000 items) which range from late 16th century to present time. Of special note: engravings by Jacques Callot, by Martin Engelbrecht, drawings by Adolfo De Carolis, water-colours by Pietro Antonio Novelli. The Burcardo collections also include 40 stage costumes, a collection of terra-cotta statuettes portraying characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, puppets and marionettes (among which a group of 18th-century Chinese marionettes). Also remarkable the set-designs by Romolo Liverani, Galileo Chini and Franco Laurenti. It also houses 120 oil- or tempera paintings, mostly portraits of 19th- and 20th-century actors and play-writers. Of special note three large paintings ascribed to Pier Leone Ghezzi. The museum ends with a collection of about 1900 scripts, the oldest of which are the 16th-century plays by Lozzo del Mazza; among the autograph scripts, the Italian and the English versions of "Liolà" by Luigi Pirandello, "La Nemica" by Dario Niccodemi and "Chill'è Pazzo" by Eduardo De Filippo.

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