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Francesca Da Rimini
Francesca Da Rimini (1855), a tragedy by George H. Boker. [Broadway Theatre, 8 perf.] In hopes of putting an end to the long feud between Guelfs and Ghibellines, Lanciotto ( E. L. Davenport) of Rimini is engaged to Francesca ( Elizabeth Ponisi) of Ravenna. Lanciotto is a spindly hunchback whose brother Paolo ( Mr. Lanergan) has often had to defend him from cruel jibes. The brothers love each other, so Lanciotto asks Paolo to go to Ravenna to bring back the bride. Paolo and Francesca fall in love, but at first both attempt to constrain themselves. The sight of Lanciotto, however, drives Francesca into the handsome Paolo's arms. When the vicious jester, Pepe ( Charles Fisher), reports the rendezvous to Lanciotto, Lanciotto kills him. In a jealous fury he rushes to find Paolo and Francesca in an embrace. He kills them, too, then stabs himself. Derived from an incident in Dante, the drama was only moderately successful at first. Fine revivals by Lawrence Barrett in 1882 and Otis Skinner in 1901 led to a further appreciation of its merits. Boker's modern biographer, Professor Sculley Bradley, has written in Literary History of the United States, “In Francesca da Rimini . . . Boker found his masterpiece. Of seven plays on this theme in four languages, his is the only one to conceive the pathos of the deformed husband, Lanciotto, without sacrificing the enduring appeal of the young lovers, Paolo and Francesca, and to recognize that callous society, not fate, was the agent of the tragedy. . . . With this play, romantic tragedy in America achieved the dignity of art.”
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FrancescaDaRimini.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-FrancescaDaRimini.html |
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Francesca da Rimini
Francesca da Rimini , fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked lord of Rimini, Gianciotto Malatesta; the proxy, Gianciotto's young and handsome brother Paolo, became Francesca's lover. Gianciotto, discovering their guilt, killed them. The story is immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy and is the subject of many other literary and artistic works and of Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem. |
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"Francesca da Rimini." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Francesca da Rimini." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FrancescR.html "Francesca da Rimini." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FrancescR.html |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-FrancescaDaRimini.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Francesca Da Rimini." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-FrancescaDaRimini.html |
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Francesca da Rimini
Francesca da Rimini, see Paolo and Francesca.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Francesca da Rimini." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Francesca da Rimini." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FrancescadaRimini.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Francesca da Rimini." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-FrancescadaRimini.html |
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