Sem Benelli
Italian poet and dramatist. Born in Filettole di Prato 10 August 1877.
Died Zoagli, Genova Province 18 December 1949.
Stage Works
- Ferdinando Lassalle. Play. Published 1902.
- La terra (The Earth). Play. Published 1903.
- Vita Gaia (Happy Life). Play. Published 1904.
- La morale di Casanova (The Moral of Casanova). Play. (With Giulio
de Frenzi). Published 1906.
- Tignola (The Bookworm). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1908. Produced
Genoa, Teatro Paganini, Feb. 10, 1908.
- La maschera di Bruto (The Mask of Brutus). Play. Published
1908.
- La cena delle beffe (The Jest). Dramatic poem, 4 acts. Published
1909. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina, Apr. 16, 1909.
- L'amore dei tre re (The Love of the Three Kings). Tragic poem,
3 acts; verse. Published 1910. Produced Rome, Teatro Argentina, Apr.
16, 1910.
- Il Mantellaccio (The Mantellaccio Society of Poets). Dramatic
poem, 4 acts. Published 1911. Produced Rome and Turin, Mar. 31, 1911.
- Rosmunda. Tragedy, 4 acts. Published 1911. Produced Milan,
Teatro Lirico, Dec. 20, 1911.
- La gorgona (The Gorgon). Epic drama, 4 acts. Published 1913.
Produced Trieste, Politeama Rossetti, Mar. 14, 1913.
- Le nozze dei centauri (The Wedding of the Centaurs). Dramatic
poem, 4 acts; verse. Produced Turin, Teatro Carignano, Apr. 17, 1915.
- Ali (Wings). Drama, 4 acts. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni,
Mar. 14, 1921.
- L'arzigigolo (The Enigma). Play, 4 acts. Produced Rome, Teatro
Costanzi, Oct. 17, 1922.
- La santa primavera (Holy Spring). Play, 3 parts. Produced
Turin, Parco del Valentino, July 21, 1923.
- L'amorosa tragedia (The Tragedy of Love). Dramatic poem, 3
acts. Produced Rome, Teatro Valle, Apr. 14, 1925.
- Il vezzo di perle (The Pearl Necklace). Comedy, 4 acts. Produced
Milan, Teatro Olimpia, Mar 6, 1926.
- Con le stelle (With the Stars). Mystery, prologue and 3 acts.
Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni, Feb. 26, 1927.
- Orfeo e Proserpina (Orpheus and Persephone). Lyric drama,
4 acts. Published 1929. Produced Milan, Teatro Lirico, Dec. 18, 1928.
- Fiorenza (Florence). Dramatic poem, 3 acts. Produced Milan,
Apr. 16, 1930.
- Eroi (Heroes). War drama, 1 act. Produced San Remo, Teatro
del Casino Municipale, Jan. 22, 1931.
- Madre Regina (Mother Regina). Drama of revolution, 1 act.
Produced San Remo, 1931.
- Adamo ed Eva (Adam and Eve). Fantastic comedy, 3 acts. Produced
San Remo, Teatro del Casino Municipale, Feb. 1, 1932.
- Caterina Sforza. Play. Produced Forh, Teatro Comunale, Jan.
27, 1934.
- II ragno (The Spider). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1935. Produced
Milan, Teatro Odeon, Mar. 19, 1935.
- L'elefante (The Elephant). Comedy, 3 acts. Produced 1937.
- L'orchidea (The Orchid). Comedy, 3 acts. Published 1938. Produced
San Remo, Teatro del Casino Municipale, Mar. 1, 1938.
- La festa (The Party). Play. Produced Milan, Nov. 6, 1940.
- Paura (Fear). Drama, 3 acts. Published 1947. Produced Florence,
La Pergola, May 8, 1947.
- Oro vergine (Virgin Gold). Play. Written 1949.
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