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<p> The founder of [[Italian]] comedy, born at Venice; in his youth he studied medicine and subsequently law, but in 1732 appeared as a dramatist with his tragedy "Belisario"; moving from place to place as a strolling-player, he in 1736 returned to Venice, and finding his true vocation in comedy-writing, turned out a rapid succession of sparkling character plays after the manner of Molière; in 1761 he went to [[Paris]] as a playwright to the Italian theatre; became Italian master to Louis XV.'s daughters, and subsequently was pensioned; his comedies displaced the burlesques and farces till then in vogue on the stage in | Carlo Goldoni <ref name="term_73658" /> | ||
==References == | <p> The founder of [[Italian]] comedy, born at Venice; in his youth he studied medicine and subsequently law, but in 1732 appeared as a dramatist with his tragedy "Belisario"; moving from place to place as a strolling-player, he in 1736 returned to Venice, and finding his true vocation in comedy-writing, turned out a rapid succession of sparkling character plays after the manner of Molière; in 1761 he went to [[Paris]] as a playwright to the Italian theatre; became Italian master to Louis XV.'s daughters, and subsequently was pensioned; his comedies displaced the burlesques and farces till then in vogue on the stage in Italy (1707-1793). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_73658"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/goldoni,+carlo Carlo Goldoni from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73658"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/goldoni,+carlo Carlo Goldoni from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 15 October 2021
Carlo Goldoni [1]
The founder of Italian comedy, born at Venice; in his youth he studied medicine and subsequently law, but in 1732 appeared as a dramatist with his tragedy "Belisario"; moving from place to place as a strolling-player, he in 1736 returned to Venice, and finding his true vocation in comedy-writing, turned out a rapid succession of sparkling character plays after the manner of Molière; in 1761 he went to Paris as a playwright to the Italian theatre; became Italian master to Louis XV.'s daughters, and subsequently was pensioned; his comedies displaced the burlesques and farces till then in vogue on the stage in Italy (1707-1793).
