This play is only a fragment and was never completed. For the purposes of presentation, the well-known poet, Mr. T. Sturge Moore, has written an opening scene which is here included. Wilde’s work begins with the entrance of Simone.
A private performance was given by the Literary Theatre Club in 1906. The first public presentation was given by the New English Players at the Cripplegate Institute, Golden Lane, E.C., in 1907. German, French and Hungarian translations have been presented on the Continental stage.
Dramatic and literary rights are the property of Robert Ross. The American literary and dramatic rights are vested in John Luce and Co., Boston, U.S.A.
First Published by Methuen and Co. (LimitedEditions on handmade paper and Japanese vellum) | February | 1908 |
First F’cap. 8vo Edition | November | 1909 |
Second F’cap. 8vo Edition | October | 1910 |
Third F’cap. 8vo Edition | December | 1911 |
Fourth F’cap. 8vo Edition | May | 1915 |
Fifth F’cap. 8vo Edition | 1917 | |
CHARACTERS
GUIDO BARDI, A Florentine prince.
SIMONE, a merchant.
BIANNA, his wife.
MARIA, a tire-woman.
The action takes place at Florence in the early sixteenth century.