Achille Torelli (May 5, 1841 – January 31, 1922) was an Italian

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. He was born in

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to Anna Maria Tomasi di Lampedusa, who was

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's aunt, and Vincenzo Torelli, a well-known journalist, librettist, writer, editor and impresario of

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descent. His first success was the comedy, ''

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'' written at the age of seventeen, and acted at Naples and then at

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. This was succeeded by several comedies, most of which were successful. Torelli volunteered for the Italian army in the campaign of 1866, and was laid up for several months in consequence of a fall from his horse at Custoza. He later produced a long list of plays, both tragedies and comedies, of which perhaps the best is ''

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'' (1871) which won the applause of the veteran Manzoni.

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considered Torelli's ''

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'' a masterpiece''Dizionario biografico degli scrittori contemporanei''. Angelo de Gubernatis. Firenze, Le Monnier, 1979 although few would consider it a comedy. Torelli lived a very retired life, spending most of his time in study and writing. He died in 1922.

References

*''The Humour of Italy'', A. Werner {{DEFAULTSORT:Torelli 1844 births 1922 deaths Italian dramatists and playwrights