Giambattista Andreini
{{Short description|Italian actor and playwright (1576–1654)}}
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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.Snyder 2007, pp. 37–38; {{cite book |title=Starší divadlo v českých zemích do konce 18. století |last=Jakubcová |first=Alena |year=2007 |publisher=Academia |location=Prague |isbn=978-80-200-1486-3 |page=19 |language=cs}}
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. He was a favourite with Louis XIII, and also with the public, especially as the young lover.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
His wife Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, whom he married in 1601, was also a celebrated actress and singer.Snyder 2007, p. 37.
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). 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.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}
File:Lelio and Florinda by Minaggio tavola 106.jpg actors from The Feather Book of Dionisio Minaggio is thought to depict Andreini as "Lelio" and his wife Virginia Ramponi-Andreini as "Florinda".Katritzky 2006, p. 244.]]
Notes
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Bibliography
- {{EB1911|wstitle=Andreini, Francesco|display=Andreini, Francesco s.v. Giambattista Andreini|volume=1|page=971}}
- Katritzky, M. A. (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HyPeo62Fi8YC&pg=PA244 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}}.
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