Word: giovanni
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...play is based on the story of Francesca and Paolo, from Dante's Inferno. Francesca, the beautiful wife of Giovanni Malatesta, a hunchbacked nobleman, is in love with her husband's brother, Paolo. Paolo has visited Francesca every day for a year to read her romantic poetry. One day he reads her the tale of how Launcelot first kissed Queen Guenivere, and that day is "the day they read of it no more." When Giovanni sees them Jeave arm in arm, he decides to murder them...
...three actors have chosen to interpret their parts as grimly as possible. Mark Bramhall is appropriately bitter and cynical as Giovanni, but his interpretation leaves out the third dimension of grotesque humor the character should have. Elise Sweet (Francesca) and Joel Martin (Paolo) perform competently; Miss Sweet especially brings fierce intensity to her role...
...balcony of St. Peter's Basilica with a retinue of clerics, a vast roar came up from the crowd. "I announce to you tidings of great joy," he intoned hoarsely in Latin. "Habemus papam-we have a Pope. He is the most eminent and most Reverend Lord Cardinal Giovanni Battista...
...Very Long Lead." Giovanni Montini, Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan, had entered the conclave a Pope-and defied tradition by coming out of it a Pope. He had been the odds-on favorite of journalists, clerics, and the betting population of Rome's cafés. He was, at 65, the right age. He was that all-but-impossible combination, a "liberal" Italian who was basically acceptable to both Curia traditionalists and non-Italian progressives. He had a desirable blend of ecclesiastical experience behind him: eight years in charge of Italy's largest diocese, following three decades of efficient...
...Sacred Purple. One of John XXIII's first acts as Pope was to call a consistory-and the name of Giovanni Montini led the list of new cardinals. A disciple of Pius, Montini became a close friend of John's-in France they called him "Le Dauphin de Jean"-and at the Pope's suggestion, he again began to take an active part in the church's diplomatic life. Among the foreign dignitaries he welcomed in Italy: France's Charles de Gaulle, in 1959. Invited to the U.S. in 1960 to receive, along with Dwight...