Alfieri, Vittorio, Conte
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...individual style, was staged in Turin in 1775. From 1776 to 1786 he wrote 19 tragedies, among them Philip the Second, Saul, Antigone, Agamemnon, Orestes, Sophonisba, and Maria Stuart all in the tradition of French classical tragedy. He also wrote comedies...