Rocco Capozzi & Florinda Nardi 
Twentieth-Century Italian Playwrights 
Italian Theater

These volumes are meant to serve as an introduction to the lives, works and poetics of Italy’s major playwrights of the Twentieth Century. The choices were made mainly on the historical relevance of the playwrights who were also chosen for their international status. The entries are in chronological order based on the birth date of the playwright instead of the usual alphabetical order because the main intent of this endeavor is to revisit the history of Twentieth-Century Italian theater by interconnecting the lives and works of the playwrights chosen. The entries have been written by scholars and theater practitioners to give a well-rounded idea of the Italian playwrights.