Angelo, Tyrant of Padua

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Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (French: Angelo, tyran de Padoue) is an 1835 play by the French writer Victor Hugo.^[1] It is a historical work on podestà Angelo, set in Padua in northern Italy. It was a return to the theatre for Hugo, whose previous work Marie Tudor had been a failure.^[2]

Adaptations

The play has been adapted into a number of different works, including:

Il giuramento, an 1837 opera composed by Saverio Mercadante
Angelo, an 1876 opera composed by César Cui
La Gioconda, an 1876 opera composed by Amilcare Ponchielli
Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a 1928 opera composed by Alfred Bruneau
The Tyrant of Padua, a 1946 Italian film directed by Max Neufeld

References

^ Berlanstein p.97
^ Stanton & Barnham p.175

Bibliography

Berlanstein, Lenard R. Daughters of Eve: A Cultural History of French Theater Women from the Old Regime to the Fin de Siècle. Harvard University Press, 2009.
Stanton, Sarah & Barnham, Marting. The Cambridge Paperback Guide to Theatre. Cambridge University Press, 1996.

v t e Victor Hugo
Novels	Hans of Iceland (1823) Bug-Jargal (1826) The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829) The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) Les Misérables (1862) Toilers of the Sea (1866) The Man Who Laughs (1869) Ninety-Three (1874)
Plays	Inez de Castro (1820; published in 1863) Cromwell (1827) Amy Robsart (1828) Hernani (1830) Marion de Lorme (1831) Le roi s'amuse (1832) Lucrezia Borgia (1833) Marie Tudor (1833) Angelo, Tyrant of Padua (1835) La Esmeralda (1836; libretto only) Ruy Blas (1838) Les Burgraves (1843) Torquemada (1882)
Short stories	"Claude Gueux" (1834)
Poetry collections	Odes et poésies diverses (1822) Nouvelles Odes (1824) Odes et Ballades (1828) Les Orientales (1829) Les Feuilles d'automne (1831) Les Chants du crépuscule (1835) Les Voix intérieures (1837) Les Rayons et les Ombres (1840) Les Châtiments (1853) Les Contemplations (1856) La Légende des siècles (Part One 1859) Les Chansons des rues et des bois (1865) L'Année terrible (1872) L'Art d'être grand-père (1877) La Légende des siècles (Part Two 1877) Le Pape (1878) La Pitié suprême (1879) L'Âne (1880) Les Quatre Vents de l'esprit (1881) Final part of La Légende des siècles (1883) La Fin de Satan (1886) Dieu (1891, 1941) Toute la Lyre (1888, 1893, 1897, 1935-1937) Les Années funestes (1898) Dernière Gerbe (1902, 1941) Océan, Tas de pierres (1942) Le Verso de la page (1960) Œuvres d'enfance et de jeunesse, 1814-20 (juvenilia, 1964)
Other writings	Le Rhin (1842) Napoléon le Petit (1852 pamphlet) William Shakespeare (1864 essay) Actes et Paroles (1875) The History of a Crime (1877) Religions et religion (1880)
Family	Léopoldine Hugo (daughter) Charles Hugo (son) François-Victor Hugo (son) Adèle Hugo (daughter) Jeanne Hugo (granddaughter) Joseph Léopold Sigisbert Hugo (father)
Others	Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale Berne Convention Hauteville House Maison de Victor Hugo Juliette Drouet Avenue Victor-Hugo (Paris) Bust of Victor Hugo La Soeur de la reine Hugo (crater)

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