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La mandr gora (en italiano, La mandragola) es una comedia en prosa escrita por Nicol s Maquiavelo en 1518. La mandr gora est considerada como un hito en el teatro occidental. Maquiavelo construye un texto en el que la conquista amorosa, con su exaltaci n y situaciones de emergencia,... Read Full Overview

THE STORY: Set in sixteenth-century Florence, the play blends songs and robust action in detailing the hilarious lengths to which the smitten Callimaco goes in winning the favors of Lucrezia, the beautiful young wife of the rich and aged lawyer, Ni

Machiavelli's 16th-century comedic classic. Callimaco wishes to bed Lucrezia, though she is the wife of the aging Nicia. Consequently trickery and deceit are in order if Callimaco is to obtain his desire. A plan is hatched involving a plant, the "mandragola," with supposedly... Read Full Overview

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La mandragola una commedia di Niccol Machiavelli, considerata il capolavoro del teatro del Cinquecento e un classico della drammaturgia italiana. Composta da un prologo e cinque atti, una potente satira sulla corruttibilit della societ italiana dell'epoca. Prende il titolo... Read Full Overview

Firenze, 1504. Messer Nicia ? tormentato dal desiderio di paternit? che sua moglie, la bella e savia Lucrezia, non riesce a soddisfare. Callimaco, in veste di famoso medico, riesce a convincere messer Nicia che l'unico modo per avere figli sia di somministrare a sua moglie una... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview