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MARTA ABBA (1900 - 1988) |
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Nationality: Italian Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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She was the sister of another actress, Cele Abba, and is most famous for her personal and artistic relationship with Luigi Pirandello. She lived in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1938 to 1952
Plays by Marta Abba
As You Desire Me | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #7 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Come tu mi vuoi) | |||||
Synopsis: | ten years after WW2 a German writer, his mistress and sexually ambiguous daughter sets the scene for the tone of decadence | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Diana And Tuda | ||
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| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #8 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 9 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Diana e la Tuda) | |||||
Synopsis: | sculptor working on his ideal piece, a statue of Diana, decides to kill himself when he has finished as nothing in his life can compare to this work | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Finding Oneself | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #9 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Trovarsi); aka To Find Oneself | |||||
Synopsis: | a famous actress tries to discover who she is | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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New Colony, The | ||
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| 1st Published: | Crown, New York, 1958 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #10 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (La nuova colonia) | |||||
Synopsis: | action in a tavern as local landowner accuses old fisherman of filling his son's head with rubbish | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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No One Knows How | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #11 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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To Find Oneself | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #753 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tonight We Improvise | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1960 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #12 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 50 characters | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello | |||||
Synopsis: | the play within the improvisation concerns the wooing of a wife by a man who finds her family quite crazy | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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When One Is Somebody | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1963 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #13 | |||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 14 | Female | 6 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Wives' Friend, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #14 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (L'amica delle mogli) | |||||
Synopsis: | woman who is a friend of lots of people who have got married fails again | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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You Don't Know How | ||
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Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1961 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Adaptation | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Non si sa come) | |||||
Synopsis: | from adultery to death "this too is only human" | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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