Paolo Giacometti (1816–1882) was an Italian

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

born at

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. He was educated in law at

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, but at the age of twenty had some success with his play ''Rosilda'' and then devoted himself to the stage. Depressed circumstances made him attach himself as author to various touring Italian companies, and his output was considerable; moreover, such actors as Ristori, Rossi and Salvini made many of these plays great successes. Among the best of them were ''La Donna'' (1850), ''La Donna in seconde nozze'' (1851), ''Giuditta'' (1857), ''Sofocle'' (1860). ''La Morte civile'' (1861). A collection of his works was published at

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in eight volumes (1859 et seq.). His ''Marie Antoinette'' was written expressly for Ristori, and first staged in New York.

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(1866) 1816 births 1882 deaths People from Novi Ligure Italian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century male writers {{italy-writer-stub