Tullia is a 1533 Italian play by Lodovico Martelli about the Roman queen Tullia Minor. The play is an example of an extreme imitation of classical Greek theater.[1][2] The play features a 212-line monologue, (where Lucius Tarquinius Superbus reveals himself to Tullia) making it one of the longest in Renaissance tragedy.[3]

References

  1. Kennard, Joseph Spencer (1964). The Italian Theatre: From its beginning to the close of the seventeenth century. B. Blom. pp. 146.
  2. van Zyl Smit, Betine (2016). A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama. Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118347768.
  3. Di Maria, Salvatore (2002). The Italian Tragedy in the Renaissance: Cultural Realities and Theatrical Innovations. Bucknell University Press. p. 42. ISBN 9780838754900.

Further reading

  • Marrapodi, Michele (2019). The Routledge Research Companion to Anglo-Italian Renaissance Literature and Culture. Routledge. ISBN 9781317044161.


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