Gli Eudemoni- An Italian Renaissance Comedy
Author: | Giraldi, G. B. Horne, Philip |
Year: | 1999 |
Pages: | 224 |
ISBN: | 0-7734-8191-5 978-0-7734-8191-6 |
Price: | $179.95 |
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This is the first reliable version of Giraldi's sole comedy, Gli Eudemoni (The Lucky Ones), completed in 1549. The five Acts of the play proper are preceded by a prologue, showing that, in all probability, it was intended for public performance; but there is some doubt as to whether the author ever in fact mounted a production of it. Illustrates the theories on comedy enunciated by the author in the contemporary Discorso intorno al comporre delle comedie e delle tragedie, first published in 1554.