In the insular tradition of the Italian theatre, Carlo Gozzi is something of a rarity. While playwrights of the stature of Bibbiena and Alferi are little known outside Italy, and others such as Ariosto, Machiavelli, and Verga are admired largely for their nontheatrical writings, the plays of Gozzi, like those of Pirandello, have long enjoyed ...
"The author of The Love of Three Oranges, Turandot and The Snake Lady is an almost forgotten figure who, despite calling his reminiscences Useless Memoirs, would surely have hated our stage for the neglect we've provided him with. Gozzi was one of Italy's greatest playwrights. This brief biography, an introduction to the three above mentioned ...
Based on a scenario by Carlo Gozzi and inspired by his original project, The Love of Three Oranges is a wild raucous slapstick comedy. A comedy in three acts. Prince Tartaglia's life is filled with misery until an evil witch and her equally evil henchmen concoct a plan to kill him by sending him on a quest for three giant oranges. This quest, ...
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