Giambattista Andreini
Giambattista Andreini (9 February 1576 – 7 June 1654) was an Italian actor and the most important Italian playwright of the 17th century.
Also recorded as Τζιοβάν Μπατίστα Αντρέινι
Giambattista Andreini
Joseph Spencer Kennard, Masks and Marionettes, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1935, p. 27 · Public domain
- Born
- 1576. · Florence.
- Died
- 1654. · Reggio Emilia.
- Occupation
- playwright, actor, poet and writer.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Giambattista Andreini (9 February 1576 – 7 June 1654) was an Italian actor and the most important Italian playwright of the 17th century.
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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. He was a favourite with Louis XIII, and also with the public, especially as the young lover. His wife Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, whom he married in 1601, was also a celebrated actress and singer.
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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). From the first of these three extremely rare volumes, Italians have often asserted that Milton, travelling at that time in their country, took the idea of Paradise Lost.
Portrait of the Italian actor, playwright, and poet Giovan Battista Andreini (1576 or 1579 – 1654).
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Engraved portrait of the Italian actor, playwright, and poet Giovan Battista Andreini (1576 or 1579 – 1654). He is depicted here aged 29. This portrait appears in the 1606 edition of his play La Florinda published in Milan by G. Bordone. The original book is held in the public library of Lyon.
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- 1.Jakubcová, Alena. Starší divadlo v českých zemích do konce 18. století. Academia. 19. 2007. 978-80-200-1486-3.
- 2.Snyder 2007, p. 37.
- 3.Katritzky 2006, p. 244.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Katritzky, M. A. (2006). The Art of Commedia: A Study in the Commedia Dell'Arte 1560-1620, p. 245. Rodopi.
- 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. .
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