Eleanora Duse Dies in Pittsburgh
| Year of Publication |
2001
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| Publication Type |
Playscript
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Don Nigro |
| Publisher |
Samuel French
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
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.
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| Author Biography |
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.
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| Time |
1924
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