Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

GIRAUD, GIOVANNI, COUNT (1776-1834)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 47 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

GIRAUD, GIOVANNI, See also:COUNT (1776-1834) , See also:Italian dramatist, of See also:French origin, was See also:born at See also:Rome, and showed a precocious See also:passion for the See also:theatre. His first See also:play, L'Onestd non si vince, was successfully produced in 1798. He took See also:part in politics as an active supporter of See also:Pius VI., but was mainly occupied with the See also:production of his plays, and in 1809 became director-See also:general of the Italian theatres. He died at See also:Naples in 1834. Count Giraud's comedies, the best of which are Gelosie per equivoco (1807) and L' A jo nell ' imbarazzo (1824), were See also:bright and amusing on the See also:stage, but of no particular See also:literary quality. His collected comedies were published in 1823 and his Teatro domestico in 1825.

End of Article: GIRAUD, GIOVANNI, COUNT (1776-1834)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
GIRART DE ROUSSILLON 		[next]
GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. G...

Site © 2006 - Net Industries