Gl'ingannati degli accademici intronati di Siena : Commedie del Cinquecento

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unknown

Contributor:

Sanesi, Ireneo, 1868-1964

Language:

Italian

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Gl'ingannati degli accademici intronati di Siena" by Unknown is a theatrical play written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the love complications and social dynamics among a cast of characters, including Gherardo, Virginio, and the young Lelia, who disguises herself as a boy named Fabio. Central themes include deception, love, and societal expectations, set against the backdrop of a comedia dell'arte. At the start of the play, the Prologue introduces the concept of the comedia, explaining that the characters, known as the Intronati, seem to have shunned the company of women, expressing their discomfort towards a previous romantic entanglement. Key characters such as Gherardo and Virginio discuss their frustrations about marriage and the desire for their children to marry well. Lelia, in disguise as Fabio, embodies the complexities of love, harboring feelings for Flamminio, who is infatuated with Isabella. The opening sets a lively tone as Gherardo's infatuation with Lelia, the challenges of navigating romantic relationships, and the humorous misunderstandings unfold among the characters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images generously made available by Editore Laterza and the Biblioteca Italiana at http://www.bibliotecaitaliana.it/ScrittoriItalia)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deceived_Ones Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gl%27ingannati

Release date is 2010-12-13