Angelo, Tyrant of Padua
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Play by Victor Hugo
Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (French: Angelo, tyran de Padoue) is an 1835 play by the French writer Victor Hugo.[1] It is a historical work on podestà Angelo, set in Padua in northern Italy. It was a return to the theatre for Hugo, whose previous work Marie Tudor had been a failure.[2]
Adaptations
[edit ]The play has been adapted into a number of different works, including:
- Il giuramento , an 1837 opera composed by Saverio Mercadante
- Angelo , an 1876 opera composed by César Cui
- La Gioconda , an 1876 opera composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
- Angelo, Tyrant of Padua , a 1928 opera composed by Alfred Bruneau
- The Tyrant of Padua , a 1946 Italian film directed by Max Neufeld
References
[edit ]Bibliography
[edit ]- Berlanstein, Lenard R. Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle. Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Stanton, Sarah & Barnham, Marting. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1996.
