The Oyster's Disease: A Theatrical Exploration of Literary Giants' Torments

On Sunday, May 5th at 7:00 PM, Nostos Theater hosts Claudio Morici with his show 'The Oyster's Disease', a production of Teatro Metastasio di Prato. As noted, the show talks about Cesare Pavese who overdosed on drugs in a dingy Turin hotel room. About Emilio Salgari who disemboweled himself with a kitchen knife. Psychotics like Campana, paranoids like Gadda, narcissists like Gabriele D'Annunzio. Giovanni Pascoli died of liver cirrhosis: the 'little boy' was a chronic alcoholic who was picked up off the streets. How many know this? Why do we focus on the beauty of the pearl and hide from our children (and often ourselves) the disease of the oyster that produced it? But above all, why, despite all this, when we feel bad, do we still go to the bookstore? The note continues: 'Through forays into the lives of the greats of literature, Claudio will find a way to accompany his son through the stormy preadolescent age. But most of all, he embarks on a journey backward into his own 'at-risk age', retracing a personal discomfort that, as happens to millions of people, was cured precisely through the beauty of books, thanks to the work of hundreds of geniuses who produced pearls of literature. Because writers save our lives.' Claudio Morici has a degree in psychology, in addition to being a writer, theatrical actor, and videomaker. He has written reports for Il Venerdì, Internazionale, MinimaetMoralia. Since 2020, he has started making short satirical videos, often hosted by Propaganda Live, Internazionale.it, RaiNews, repubblica.it. For two years he has been running a video column on PlayBooks, Rai Play's book program.