Gabriele D'ANNUNZIO
Italian poet, novelist and dramatist. Born Pescara 12
March, 1863.
Died Lake Garda 1st March , 1938
PLAYS
- The Dream of a Spring Morning. (Sogno d'un mattino
di primavera) Tragic poem, 1 act; prose. Published
1897. Produced Paris, Théâtre de la
Renaissance, June 15, 1897; Rome, Teatro Valle, Jan. 11,
1898.
- Dream of an Autumn Sunset (Sogno d'un tramonto
d'autunno). Tragic poem, 1 act; prose. Published
1898. Produced Leghorn, Teatro Rossini, Dec. 2,
1905.
- The Dead City (La città morta).
Tragedy, 5 acts; prose. Published 1898. Produced (in
French as La ville morte) Paris,
Théàtre de la Renaissance, Jan. 21, 1898;
Milan, Teatro Lirico, Mar. 20, 1901.
- La Gioconda. Tragedy, 4 acts; prose. Published
1899. Produced Palermo, Teatro Bellini, Apr. 15,
1899.
- Glory (La gloria). Tragedy, 5 acts; prose.
Published 1899. Produced Naples, Teatro Mercadante, Apr.
27, 1899.
- Francesca da Rimini. Tragedy, 4 acts; verse.
Published 1902. Produced Rome, Teatro Costanzi, Dec. 9,
1901.
- The Daughter of Jorio (La figlia di Jorio).
Pastoral tragedy, 3 acts; verse. Published 1904. Produced
Milan, Teatro Lirico, Mar. 2, 1904.
- The Torch under the Bushel (La fiaccola sotto il
moggio). Tragedy, 4 acts; verse. Published 1905.
Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni, Mar. 27, 1905.
- More than Love (Più che 1'amore).
Tragedy, 2 episodes; prose. Published 1907. Produced
Rome, Teatro Costanzi, Oct. 29, 1906.
- The Ship (La nave). Tragedy, prologue and 3
episodes; verse. Published 1908. Produced Rome, Teatro
Argentina, Jan. 11, 1908.
- Phaedra (Fedra). Tragedy, 3 acts; verse.
Published 1909. Produced Milan, Teatro Lirico, Apr. 10,
1909.
- The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (Le martyre de
Saint Sebastian). Mystery, 5 acts; in French.
Published 1911. Produced Paris, Châtelet, May 27,
1911; Milan, La Scala, Mar. 4, 1926.
- Parisina. Lyric tragedy, 4 acts. Published
1913. Produced Milan, La Scala, Dec. 15, 1913.
- The Honeysuckle (Le chèvrefeuille).
Tragedy, 3 acts; in French. Published 1914. Produced
Paris, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin,
Dec. 14, 1913; Turin, Teatro Carignano, Jan. 27,
1914.
- The Children's Crusade (La crociata degli
innocenti). Published 1920. Produced Rome, Teatro delle
Arti, Oct. 1, 1948.
CRITICISM
M. Carlson, The Italian Stage from Goldoni to
D'Annunzio, Jefferson, N. C., 1981
P. Jullian, D'Annunzio, New York, 1973.
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