This special issue examines the use of classical antiquity within artistic, cultural, and political events under fascist regimes in the interwar period. Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany promoted the production of ancient drama, alongside forms of theater modelled on Greek antiquity, organized grand-scale classical spectacles, and deployed ancient themes and classical-looking symbols and insignia at political gatherings and displays. The analyses presented in this special issue bring into dialogue the scholarship on theater and culture under fascist regimes with the growing literature on the reception of the classics to foreground the significance of performative practices in reconfiguring the classicizing mythologies of fascism. It is the hope of the guest editors that the findings presented here will contribute to the study of performances that strove to re-enact historical pasts beyond the scope of classical reception.

本期特刊探讨了两次世界大战期间法西斯政权下的艺术、文化和政治活动中古典文物的使用。法西斯意大利和纳粹德国推动古代戏剧的制作，并模仿希腊古代的戏剧形式，组织大规模的古典表演，并在政治集会和展览中使用古代主题和古典符号和徽章。本期特刊提出的分析将法西斯政权下的戏剧和文化学术与越来越多的关于经典接受的文献进行对话，以突出表演实践在重新配置法西斯主义古典神话中的重要性。客座编辑希望，这里提出的研究结果将有助于对表演的研究，这些表演努力在古典接受的范围之外重新演绎历史。