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THE STORY: Set in sixteenth-century Florence, the play blends songs and robust action in detailing the hilarious lengths to which the smitten Callimaco goes in winning the favors of Lucrezia, the beautiful young wife of the rich and aged lawyer, Ni

La mandr gora (en italiano, La mandragola) es una comedia en prosa escrita por Nicol s Maquiavelo en 1518. La mandr gora est considerada como un hito en el teatro occidental. Maquiavelo construye un texto en el que la conquista amorosa, con su exaltaci n y situaciones de emergencia,... Read Full Overview

Scritta nel 1518, la Mandragola è il capolavoro letterario di Niccolò Machiavelli, nonché del teatro del Cinquecento. Apprezzata da Voltaire e Goldoni, la commedia ruota intorno a una beffa consumata nei confronti di messer Nicia. A costui, che spasima per il desiderio di avere... Read Full Overview

Machiavelli's 16th-century comedic classic. Callimaco wishes to bed Lucrezia, though she is the wife of the aging Nicia. Consequently trickery and deceit are in order if Callimaco is to obtain his desire. A plan is hatched involving a plant, the "mandragola," with supposedly... Read Full Overview

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"La mandragola" from Niccol Machiavelli. Storico, scrittore, drammaturgo, politico e filosofo italiano (1469-1527).

La Mandragola ? una commedia di Niccol? Machiavelli, considerata il capolavoro del teatro del Cinquecento e un classico della drammaturgia italiana. Composta da un prologo e cinque atti, ? una potente satira sulla corruttibilit? della societ? italiana dell'epoca

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview