Giovanni Giraud

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Giovanni Giraud (born October 28, 1776 in Rome , † October 1, 1834 in Naples ) was an Italian comedy poet.

Giovanni Giraud, who came from a French family, entered military service in 1793 and was given an officer position, wrote a number of comedies that were staged with lively applause in Venice and was consequently appointed general manager of all theaters in the department beyond the Alps by Napoléon in 1809 .

After the overthrow of the emperor, he ran trading ventures, which he made a considerable fortune, and died on October 1, 1834 in Naples. Giraud appears to be an imitator of Molière , but from the coarse-comic side, and his pieces are distinguished by effective situational comedy . The most famous of these (collected as Teatro , Milan 1823, 3 volumes) are:

  • L'ajo nell 'imbarazzo (German from Hell: The Hofmeister in a thousand fears , 1824)
  • Il prognosticante fanatico (a funny pastiche of Lavater's physiognomics)
  • La capricciosa confusa
  • La conversazione al bujo
  • Don Desiderio disperato per eccesso di buon cuore (1809)

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SURNAME Giraud, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giraud, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian comedy poet
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1834
Place of death Naples