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The Florentines A Play

The Florentines A Play

Samuels, Maurice V.

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ISBN10: 1417900180
ISBN13: 9781417900183
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Apr 1 2005
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Florentines is a play written by Maurice V. Samuels. It is set in Florence, Italy during the Renaissance period and follows the story of two wealthy families, the Guelfs and the Ghibellines, who are bitter enemies. The play centers around the love affair between Lorenzo, a Guelf, and Bianca, a Ghibelline. Their love is forbidden and they must navigate the dangerous political landscape of Florence in order to be together. The play is filled with intrigue, betrayal, and political maneuvering as the two families fight for power and control. The Florentines is a dramatic and engaging play that explores the themes of love, power, and politics in Renaissance Italy.1904. A three-act play that takes place in Florence in the year 1545. Two of the characters include Benvenuto Cellini at age forty five and Cosimo De Medici, the Duke of Florence. Act I, Scene I opens in the dining-hall in the house of Jacopo Pontormo, a painter, in Florence. It is about four in the afternoon. In gay attire, all (Pontormo and his guests) are seated about a table. The repast completed, a servant is kept busy refilling glasses. Discovered: Jacopo Pontormo, Giovan Battista, young and lighthearted. Alfonso Da Trotti, a gallant of sixty. Lelio Torello, the husband of an intellectual woman. Baccio Bandinello, cold and precise.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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