TY - SER KW - actors and actresses KW - Eleanora Duse (1858-1924) KW - Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) KW - Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) KW - Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) AU - Don Nigro AB - A biographical black comedy about Eleanora Duse, a legendary Italian actress, on the last night of her life in a Pittsburgh hotel room. Surreal characters like Henrik Ibsen, Mussolini, and Sarah Bernhardt make cameos in the Steel City to torment Duse. C1 - 1924 C3 - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Oakland; Hotel Schenley C4 - Biographical; Historical; Women’s; Comedy; Satire CY - New York LA - English M3 - Playscript N2 - A biographical black comedy about Eleanora Duse, a legendary Italian actress, on the last night of her life in a Pittsburgh hotel room. Surreal characters like Henrik Ibsen, Mussolini, and Sarah Bernhardt make cameos in the Steel City to torment Duse. PB - Samuel French PP - New York PY - 2001 RN - Don Nigro (1949— ) was born in Ohio, graduated from Ohio State University, and earned his MFA in dramatic arts at the University of Iowa. He has written more than 300 plays. TI - Eleanora Duse Dies in Pittsburgh ER -