Lucrezia Borgia (play)
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Lucrezia Borgia ({{langx|fr|Lucrèce Borgia}}) is an 1833 play by the French writer Victor Hugo. It is a historical work portraying the Renaissance-era Italian aristocrat Lucrezia Borgia. The play (along with Angelo, Tyrant of Padua) is believed to have been a major influence on Oscar Wilde's The Duchess of Padua (1891).Kohl p.46
Adaptations
The opera Lucrezia Borgia composed by Gaetano Donizetti had a libretto by Felice Romani which was based on Hugo's play. Several films about Borgia and her family have drawn partly on the plot of the play.
Bibliography
- Kohl, Norbert. Oscar Wilde: The Works of a Conformist Rebel. Cambridge University Press, 2011
References
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External links
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Category:Plays set in the 15th century
Category:Plays set in the 16th century
Category:Plays based on real people
Category:Plays adapted into operas
Category:Cultural depictions of Cesare Borgia
Category:Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia
Category:Cultural depictions of Pope Alexander VI
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