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Marta Abba

MARTA ABBA  (1900 - 1988)

 Nationality:    Italian
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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

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below is a list of Marta Abba's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 As You Desire Me     Diana And Tuda     Finding Oneself     New Colony, The     No One Knows How     To Find Oneself     Tonight We Improvise     When One Is Somebody     Wives' Friend, The     You Don't Know How

As You Desire Me

Synopsis:
ten years after WW2 a German writer, his mistress and sexually ambiguous daughter sets the scene for the tone of decadence

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Come tu mi vuoi)

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1959   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  11    Female:  7    Other:  -

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Diana And 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

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Diana e la Tuda)

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  9    Other:  -

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Finding Oneself

Synopsis:
a famous actress tries to discover who she is

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Trovarsi); Aka To Find Oneself

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1959   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  7    Female:  6    Other:  -

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New Colony, The

Synopsis:
action in a tavern as local landowner accuses old fisherman of filling his son's head with rubbish

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (La nuova colonia)

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1st Published:
Crown, New York, 1958   -

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No One Knows How

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1963   -

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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  3    Female:  2    Other:  -

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To Find Oneself

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

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Translation

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Tonight We Improvise

Synopsis:
the play within the improvisation concerns the wooing of a wife by a man who finds her family quite crazy

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1960   -

Music:
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Genre:
Translation

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  50 characters

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When One Is Somebody

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1963   -

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  14    Female:  6    Other:  -

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Wives' Friend, The

Synopsis:
woman who is a friend of lots of people who have got married fails again

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (L'amica delle mogli)

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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1959   -

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Genre:
adaptation

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You Don't Know How

Synopsis:
from adultery to death "this too is only human"

Notes:
Original Playwright - Luigi Pirandello (Non si sa come)

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Organisations:
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1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1961   -

Music:
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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  -    Female:  -    Other:  -

Further Reference:
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