Commedie Inedite (Italian Edition)

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Konrad Eisenbichler, Curator at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria University, has been studying Cecchi s theatre for several years. His research has twice taken him to Italy, once in 1976 under the auspices of the Renaissance Society of America and once in 1980 on a Buchanan Scholarship from the University of Toronto. There he was able to consult manuscripts of Cecchi s unpublished plays and search Florentine archives for biographical information into this retiring dramatist s life. Mr. Eisenbichler s translation, the first for any of Cecchi s plays, is thus supported by a thorough critical apparatus, while retaining the lively and jovial style of Cecchi s original.