Angelo, Tyrant of Padua

Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (French: Angelo, tyran de Padoue) is an 1835 play by the French writer Victor Hugo.^[1] It is a historical work on podestà Angelo, set in Padua in northern Italy. It was a return to the theatre for Hugo, whose previous work Marie Tudor had been a failure.^[2]

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Adaptations

The play has been adapted into a number of different works, including:

• Il giuramento, an 1837 opera composed by Saverio Mercadante
• Angelo, an 1876 opera composed by César Cui
• La Gioconda, an 1876 opera composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
• Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a 1928 opera composed by Alfred Bruneau
• The Tyrant of Padua, a 1946 Italian film directed by Max Neufeld

References

1. Berlanstein p.97
2. Stanton & Barnham p.175

Bibliography

• Berlanstein, Lenard R. Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle. Harvard University Press, 2009.
• Stanton, Sarah & Barnham, Marting. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1996.