Italy On This Day

Actor and dramatist with a genius for comedy Angelo Beolco's plays were written in Paduan dialect spiced with vulgarities One of the mos...

Greatest Venetian dramatist whose work still entertains audiences today Alessandro Longhi's portrait of Carlo Goldini is on displa...

Judge who combined writing with legal career Ugo Betti wrote 27 plays between 1927 and his death in 1953 Ugo Betti, a playwright who...

Erudite marquis revitalised Italian drama An 18th century portrait of Scipione by an unknown artist Dramatist Francesco Scipione...

Playwright captured essence of city's spirit A playwright and dramatist, Eduardo De Filippo was also an accomplished actor One o...