Mario Fratti (29 July 1927 – 15 April 2023) was an Italian playwright and drama critic. In his lifetime, he produced over 70 works, which were translated into over 20 languages and shown worldwide.[1] He was best known for writing the first script for the musical Nine.
Mario Fratti | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1927 |
| Died | 15 April 2023 (aged 95) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Years active | 1959–2023 |
Life and career
editBorn in L'Aquila, Fratti graduated in foreign languages and literatures at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice.[2][3] In 1962, Fratti presented his one-act play Suicidio at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, and Lee Strasberg, a guest of the festival, was impressed by it and invited him to stage it at the Actors Studio.[2][3] Fratti eventually decided to stay in New York, where he found work as a professor of Italian literature at Columbia University.[2][3] In his later life, he was named as professor emeritus of Italian Literature at Hunter College.[4]
Fratti was an avowed communist.[5] He died in his home in Manhattan on 15 April 2023, at the age of 95.[6]
Plays
edit- Il campanello (1958)
- Suicidio (1962)
- La menzogna (1963)
- Il rifiuto (1965)
- La gabbia (1962)
- L'Accademia (1964)
- La vedova bianca (1972)
- I Seduttori (1964)
- I frigoriferi (1964)
- Eleonora Duse (1972)
- La vittima (1972)
- Che Guevara (1970)
- L'ospite romano (1971)
- Mafia (1974)
- La famiglia (1972)
- Chile 1973 (1974)
- Six Passionate Women (1978)
- Nine (1981)
- AIDS (1988)
- Porno (199)
- Amanti (1991)
- Avventure erotiche a Venezia (Tangentopoli) (1996)
- Candida e i suoi amici (2001)
- Cecità (2004)
- I nove martiri (2009)
- LGBT (2011)
- Obama 44 (2011)
- Beata, la figlia del Papa
- Attori
- Terrorista
- Sete
- Anniversario
- Missionari
- Garibaldi
- American Dream
- Suicide club
- Dead Men's Bluff
- Brooklyn
- Hugo, ispirata a Hugo Chávez
- Paganini (Musical)
- Puccini (Musical)
- Dialogo con Marilyn
- Teatro dell'Imprevedibile
- Unpredictable Plays
References
edit- ^ "Mario Fratti". Concord Theatricals.
- ^ a b c "Morto Mario Fratti, autore del musical 'Nine' e leggenda italiana a Broadway". La Repubblica (in Italian). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Addio a Mario Fratti il drammaturgo italiano che conquistò Broadway con "Nine"". La Stampa (in Italian). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Mario Fratti, playwright, critic, past ATCA member, dies at 95". American Theatre Critics Association. 17 April 2023.
- ^ "Mario Fratti, un comunista a Broadway". La Voce di New York. 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Mario Fratti, Famous Italian Playwright, Dies at 95". La Voce di New York. 15 April 2023.