Il fuori e il dopo: l'immagine della finestra nel primo teatro di Maurice Maeterlinck
Maeterlinck's drama is mostly a static drama, where there is very little action and this little is hesitant. This empirical aspect is connected to another (less evident) realization: in Maeterlinck's theatre the future is never made pertinent, it is rather a representational impasse. Castles are ruins, but they don't collapse; kings are old and dec...