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...play, translated from Spanish in- to Italian, in which language it will be given entirely, has never before been produced in this country. The plot opens in the home of Dr. Spinosi, a pompous professor of Philosophy who, has founded at the provincial village of Villatriste an "Academy" devoted to research of a ponderous and complicated nature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAY OF SPANISH ORIGIN | 4/15/1921 | See Source »

Then there bursts into the village the radiant Guila, sister-in-law of Professor Spinosi, a fascinating woman whose metropolitan dress and manners shock the slumbering inhabitants into buzzing activity. All the men, young and old, flock around her, and inhale new life from her glowing personality and energetic example. Deftly she deals telling blows at the smug complacency of the Academy savants and as a final coup d'etat arranges the marriage of Marcella to Enrico...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAY OF SPANISH ORIGIN | 4/15/1921 | See Source »

...scene of the play is entirely laid at the home of Professor Spinosi. The first act is in the dining room; the second one week later in the garden of the estate; the third in the dining room again on the following Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAY OF SPANISH ORIGIN | 4/15/1921 | See Source »

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