Giambattista Andreini
Giambattista Andreini (9 February 1576 – 7 June 1654) was an Italian actor and the most important Italian playwright of the 17th century.[1]
Life[]
Born in Florence to stage stars Isabella Andreini and Francesco Andreini, he had a great success as a comedian in Paris under the name of Leylio.[2] He was a favourite with Louis XIII, and also with the public, especially as the young lover.[2]
His wife Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, whom he married in 1601, was also a celebrated actress and singer.[3]
Works[]
He left a number of plays full of extravagant imagination. The best known are L'Adamo (Milan, 1613), The Penitent Magdalene (Mantua, 1617), and The Centaur (Paris, 1622).[2] From the first of these three volumes, which are extremely rare, Italians have often asserted that Milton, travelling at that time in their country, took the idea of Paradise Lost.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Snyder 2007, pp. 37–38; Jakubcová, Alena (2007). Starší divadlo v českých zemích do konce 18. století (in Czech). Prague: Academia. p. 19. ISBN 978-80-200-1486-3.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Snyder 2007, p. 37.
- ^ Katritzky 2006, p. 244.
Bibliography[]
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Katritzky, M. A. (2006). The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia Dell'Arte 1560-1620, p. 245. Rodopi. ISBN 9042017988
- Snyder, Jon (2007). "Giovan Battista Andreini", vol. 1, pp. 36–38, in Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies, edited by Gaetana Marrone. New York/London: Routledge. ISBN 9781579583903.
External links[]
Media related to Giambattista Andreini at Wikimedia Commons
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