Malleus Maleficarum - The Hammer of the Witches

• Grant number: 12/14560-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2012
• End date: September 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Theatre
• Principal Investigator: Maria Sílvia Betti
• Grantee: Alexandre Dias Cardoso Lindo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Malleus Maleficarum - The Hammer of the Witches is an exhaustive XV century manual on witch hunts. This Manual is the source for the creation of a play that is being collectively created and rehearsed by the theater group "Asfalto de Poesia" through the use of Commedia dell'Arte mask techniques. This project aims at examining and analyzing the creation of the play from the theoretical and practical points of view.(AU)