Girolamo Cuticchio

Marcella Croce (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 1933
Activity 1937-ongoing

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Performer (theatre)
Puppeteer
Theatre Director

Resources

Girolamo Cuticchio, born in Palermo on April, 2, 1933, is currently the oldest living Sicilian puppeteer. He learned the art of manipulating and interpreting puppets at a very young age and opened his first theater in 1954. After a period of crisis during which he worked as a lorry driver, he started to work again as a full-time puppeteer in the 1970s, founding the Teatro Arte Cuticchio Company in 1975 and together with his children starting an intense collaboration with the International Puppet Museum in Palermo which lasted until 2004. Today Girolamo has a small theater in the town of Trabia where he occasionally holds shows.

From a very young age, Girolamo was drawn to the puppet shows in his neighbourhood, attending evening a…

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Citation: Croce, Marcella. "Girolamo Cuticchio". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 February 2019 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14424, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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