- Playbills
- Gran Salone Teatro Eden, Milan, 1895
- Teatro Valle, Rome, 1900, Casa di Goldoni Company directed by Ermete Novelli
- Premiere of D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini, 1901, Eleonora Duse Company
- Theater an der Wien, 1904, Eleonora Duse Company
- Teatro Niccolini, Florence, 1905, Sicilian Company directed by Giovanni Grasso
- Teatro Manzoni, Milan, 1912, Teatro Manzoni Company directed by Marco Praga
- Teatro del Soldato, performed during the First World War, 1917
- Teatro Valle, 1921, Company directed by Dario Niccodemi
- Programmes
- London Pavilion, 1895
- Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1895
- Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, 1905-1906
- Théâtre du Vaudeville, Paris, 1899-1900
- Théâtre de la Porte St. Martin, Paris, 1912: Tartarin sur les Alpes by Léo Marchès
- Teatro de la Opera, Buenos Aires, 1913: tournée of Tina Di Lorenzo's Company
- Kingsway Theatre, London, 1913: Lillah McCarthy - Granville Barker Company
- Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris, 1913
- Teatro dal Verme, Milan, 1915: "Farewell soirée" of Virginia Reiter and Ermete Novelli
- Luigi Rasi's (1852-1918) costume for Carlo Goldoni's Torquato Tasso
- Chinese Marionnettes (18th century)
- Adolfo De Carolis's drawings
- Drawings for an edition of Carlo Goldoni's Terenzio
- Drawing for the edition of Gabriele D'Annunzio's Fedra, Milano : Treves, 1909
- Drawing for the edition of Gabriele D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini, Milano : Treves, 1903
- Wood engravings for the edition of Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio, Milano : Treves, 1904
- Scene designs
Romolo Liverani (1809-1872):
- Scene for Marco Visconti
- Scene for Gioacchino Rossini's Guglielmo Tell
Galileo Chini (1873-1956):
- Scene for Maurice Maeterlinck's La mort de Tintagile
- Scene for Pietro Cossas Nerone
- Drawings of costumes for a ballet at the Teatro del Cocomero in Florence (18th century)
- Commedia dell'arte prints and engravings
- John Clark (del.), Gerardus Josephus Xavery (inv.) : The Characters of the Italian Stage; Representing the Birth, bringing up, & Education of Young Harlequin, London : Robert Wilkinson stamp., 18th century
- Jacques Callot (inv., del.), 17th century: Ottavio; Zanni
- Martin Engelbrecht (del.), 18th century: Dame Lalage; Doctor Scatalon; Arlequin; Corinna
- Nicolas Bonnart (del.), 17th century: Polichinelle; Le Sabotier
- Commedia dell'arte prints and engravings
- Charles-Nicolas Cochin (del.), Jean Antoine Watteau (inv.): L'amour au Théâtre Italien. Paris : chez la V.e Chereau, 18th century
- Louis Jacob (del.), Jean Antoine Watteau (inv.): Départ des Comédiens Italiens en 1697. Paris : Abbé Penety, sec. XVIII
- Johann Balthasar Probst (del.), Johann Jacob Schübler (inv.): [The rape of Isabella, Pantalone's daughter]. Augsburg : Johann Michael Probst stamp., 18th century
- Scenes: prints and engravings
- Agostino Carracci (del.), Bernardo Buontalenti (inv.): L'armonia delle sfere, intermezzo of G. Bargagli's La Pellegrina, 16th century
- Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti (del.), 17th century
- Remigio Cantagallina (del.), Giulio Parigi (inv.): Asterione Argon: condot.o da Giove fulminã.e, 17th century
- Jacques Callot (inv. del.): [Les temptations de Saint Antoine]. Paris : Israël, 17th century
- Jacques Callot (del.), Giulio Parigi (inv.): Teatro fatto in Firenze nella festa a cavallo per la venuta del Ser.mo Principe d'Urbino, 17th century
- Francesco Maria Francia (del.), Carlo Enrico Sanmartino (inv.): Machina, e theatro fatto sopra l'acqua..., 18th century
- Scenes: prints and engravings
- Johann Andreas Pfeffel (del.), Giuseppe Galli di Bibbiena (inv.): Scena della festa teatrale in occasione degli sponsali del Principe elettorale di Baviera, 18th century
- Angelo Belloni (lit.), Pasquale Canna (inv.): Atrio che conduce agli appartamenti nell'opera Alexi. Napoli : Reale Litografia Militare, 19th century
- Giovan Battista Piranesi (inv. del.): Sala all'uso degli antichi Romani..., 19th century
- Lorenzo Ruggi (del.), D. Ferri (inv.): Pianerottolo di un forte. Da: Raccolta inedita di cinquanta scene teatrali..., Bologna, 19th century
- Domenico Amici (inv. del.): Entrata di un porto, 19th century
- Commedia dell'arte, prints and engravings; Costume and Set Designs
- François Anne David (del.), Karel Dujardin (inv.): Le marchand d'orviétan , 18th century
- Cristoforo Dell'Acqua (del.), Giovan Battista Tiepolo (inv.): Derisor di chi è saggio il volgo insano... Venezia : Wagner, 1779
- Thomas Cook (del.), William Hogarth (inv.): Strolling Players, 18th century
- Giuseppe Berti (inv.): Pulcinella che recita sul molo di Napoli, 19th century
- Giovanni Volpato (del.), Francesco Maggiotto (inv.): I burattini. Venezia : Niccolò Cavalli stamp., 18th century
- Alessandro Longhi (del.), Pietro Longhi (inv.): Il gran Rinoceronte qui si vede..., 18th century
- Henri de Gissey (inv.): Al gran Scaramuzza Memeo Squaquera..., 18th century
- Joseph Mecou (del.), Louis Marie Sicardi (inv.): La famiglia di Pierrot, 18th century
- Gabriel Huquier (del.), Claude Gillot (inv.): Theatre Italien : Livre de scenes comiques inventées par Gillot. Parigi : Gabriel Huquier stamp., [1729-1732]
- Le Blond (inv.): Briguelle. [Amsterdam : Gerart Valck], 17th-18th century
- Le Blond (inv.): Le capitan Spezzaferre. [Amsterdam : Gerart Valck], 17th-18th century
- Jean Mariette (inv.): Dame Ragonde. [Amsterdam : Gerart Valck], 17th-18th century
- Le Blond (inv.): Trivelin. [Amsterdam : Gerart Valck], 17-18th century
- Pantalone, Franceschina e Arlecchino, 17th century
- Cornelis Vermeulen (del.), François de Troy (inv.): Angelo Costantini in Mezetin nouveau Protée , 17th century
- Francesco Bartolozzi (del.), Giuseppe Zocchi (inv.): Febbraro, dalla serie I dodici mesi di Giuseppe Zocchi. Venezia : stamp. Wagner, 18th century
- Joseph Mecou (del.), Louis Marie Sicardi (inv.): [Le repas d'Harlequin], 18th century
- Stefano Della Bella (del.): Carlo Cantù (Buffetto) nel ruolo di Brighella, [1646]
- Basset (del.): Est il rien de plus resolu... Parigi : Pierre Mariette le Fils, 18th century
- Pieter Tanjé (del.), Cornelis Troost (inv.): Arlequin toovenar en barbier = Arlequin magicien et barbier. Amsterdam : P. Fouquet, 1758
- Nicolas Bonnart (printer): Arlequin au ventre de sa mere la Tonne, 17-18th century
- Francesco Bartolozzi (del.), G. Domenico Ferretti (inv.): Invano si nasconde un traditore... Venezia : I. Wagner, 18th century
- W.M. Arlequin comte de Ville Brochet. A Paris : rue St. Etienne des Grecs chez le M.d de Tabac..., 18th century
- Riccardo Fontana (1840-1915): Drawing for a scene of the ballet Daï-Natha by R. Marenco and C. Merzagora - Milan, Teatro alla Scala, 1882
- Pietro Stroppa (1881-1935): Drawing for a scene of Fedra, 1913
- Ferdinand Moser (1859-1930): Drawings for H. Dostal's Nimm mich nicht. Vienna, 1919
- Augusto Carelli (1873-1940): Drawings for Ceccherini's Tredicino, M.P. Musorgskij's Chovanšcina, G. Verdi's Aida
- Franco Laurenti (1928-1980): Drawings for Don Juan
- Costumes
- Tatiana Pavlova's (1896-1975) costume for P.M. Rosso di San Secondo's La signora Falkenstein
- Ermete Novelli's (1851-1919) costume as Geronte in C. Goldoni's Il burbero benefico
- Tatiana Pavlova's costume for P. Berton's and C. Simon's Zaza
- Costumes
- Evening dress of actress Anna Fougez
- Anna Fougez's costume
- Photo Portraits
- Adelaide Ristori (1822-1906)
- Ernesto Rossi (1827-1896) in William Shakespeare's Amleto
- Tommaso Salvini (1829-1915) in William Shakespeare's Amleto
- Tommaso Salvini
- Giacinta Pezzana (1841-1919) in Ernest Légouvé's Medea
- Claudio Leigheb (1848-1903)
- Claudio Leigheb, as Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, in Brandon Thomas' La zia di Carlo
- Andrea Maggi ( 1850-1910) in Edmond Rostand's Cyrano di Bergerac
- Photo Portraits
- Flavio Andò, il Conte Vitaliano Lamberti, in Romanticismo di Girolamo Rovetta
- Flavio Andò (1851-1915)
- Ermete Novelli (1851-1919)
- Ermete Novelli, as Shylock, in William Shakespeare's Il mercante di Venezia
- Ermete Zacconi (1857-1948)
- Ermete Zacconi in William Shakespeare's Otello
- Eleonora Duse (1858-1924)
- Eleonora Duse, as Rebecca West, in Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm
- Photo Portraits
- Virginia Reiter (1868-1937) in Victorien Sardou's Madame Sans-Gêne
- Elisa Berti Masi (1868-1947)
- Ruggero Ruggeri (1871-1953)
- Ruggero Ruggeri, as Aligi, in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio
- Tina Di Lorenzo (1872-1930)
- Tina di Lorenzo in Edmond Rostand's La Samaritana
- Irma Gramatica (1873-1962)
- Irma Gramatica, as Mila di Codra, in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio
- Photo Portraits
- Dina Galli (1876-1951)
- Emma Gramatica (1876-1965)
- Emma Gramatica in Jean Racine's Fedra
- Evelina Paoli (1878-?), as Basiliola, in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La nave
- Sergio Tofano (1886-1973), as Professor Anselmo Gaudenzi, in Alessandro De Stefani's Ecco la fortuna
- Ettore Petrolini (1886-1936)
- Ettore Petrolini as Gastone, one of his typical characters
- Memo Benassi (1891-1957)
- Photo Portraits
- Lyda Borelli (1887-1959)
- Lyda Borelli in Salomé di Oscar Wilde
- Maria Melato (1896-1950)
- Renzo Ricci (1899-1978)
- Marta Abba (1900-1988)
- Paola Borboni (1900-1995), Pamplemousse, ne Le lion et la poule di Sacha Guitry
- Andreina Pagnani (1906-1981)
- Evi Maltagliati (1908-1986), Paolina, in Gavino e Sigismondo di Cesare Giulio Viola
- Stage Photographs
- Page 1
- Giovanni Bovio's Cristo alla festa di Purim. Naples, Teatro Sannazzaro, May 10, 1894. Zacconi -Pilotto Company
- William Shakespeare's Antonio e Cleopatra. Berlin, Lessing Theater, Sept. 26, 1899. Luigi Rasi Company
- Luigi Zoncada as Kaiser Franz and Gemma Caimmi as Duke of Reichstadt in Edmond Rostand's L'Aiglon. Rome, Teatro Nazionale, May 15, 1903. Caimmi-Zoncada Company
- Cesare Dondini as Metternich and Giuseppe Bracci as Serafino Flambeau in Edmond Rostand's L'Aiglon
- Page 2
- Eleonora Duse in G. D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini
- G.D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini. Rome, Teatro Costanzi, Dec. 9, 1901. G. D'Annuzio director, scene design by A. Rovescalli, costumes by Caramba, decorations by A. De Carolis, choreography by L. Rasi, furniture by A. Baccetti, music by A. Scontrino
- Emilia Varini as Malatestino and Carlo Rosaspina as Gianciotto in G. D'Annunzio's Francesca da Rimini
- Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio , 1st act. Milan, Teatro Lirico, March 1904. V. Talli director, scene design by F. P. Michetti, scenes by A. Rovescalli
- Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio, 2nd act
- Lyda Borelli as Favetta, Giulia Cassini Rizzotto as Splendore, Teresa Franchini as Candia della Leonessa, Giannina Chiantoni as Ornella in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La figlia di Iorio
- Page 3
- Eleonora Duse as Vassilissa and J. Marey as Pepel in Maksim Gor'kij's L'albergo dei poveri
- Maksim Gor'kij's L'albergo dei poveri. Paris, Nouveau Théâtre, OCt. 23, 1905. L'Oeuvre Company
- Gabriele D'Annunzio's La fiaccola sotto il moggio. Milan, Teatro Manzoni, March 27, 1905. M. Fumagalli director, scenes by A. Rovescalli, scene design by A. De Carolis, costumes by Caramba
- Teresa Franchini as Gigliola and Gabriellino D'Annunzio as Simonetto in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La fiaccola sotto il moggio
- Evelina Paoli as Angizia in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La fiaccola sotto il moggio
- Mario Fumagalli as Tibaldo in Gabriele D'Annunzio's La fiaccola sotto il moggio
- André-Paul Antoine's La tragica notte di Rasputin. Starace-Sainati Company (1927)
- Page 4
- Carlo Goldoni's La bottega del caffè. Venice, Corte del Teatro a San Luca, July 7, 1934. Gino Rocca director
- Renzo Ricci as Eugenio, Andreina Pagnani as Vittoria and Enzo Biliotti as Ridolfo in Carlo Goldoni's La bottega del caffè
- Ruggero Ruggeri, Piero Carnabuci, Fanny Marchiò, Giovanni Cimara and Andreina Pagnani in Luigi Pirandello's Non si sa come
- Luigi Pirandello's Non si sa come. Rome, Teatro Argentina, Dec. 13, 1935. Scene design by Cesare Ligini
- Titina and Eduardo De Filippo in Luigi Pirandello's Il berretto a sonagli, adapted by Eduardo De Filippo (1936)
- Peppino, Eduardo and Titina De Filippo in Luigi Pirandello's Il berretto a sonagli
- Page 5
- Nino D'Aroma's La Regina di Roma. Turin, Teatro Carignano, Jan. 11, 1936. Tatiana Pavlova Company
- Sophocles'Edipo a Colono. Siracusa, Teatro Greco, Apr. 23, 1936. Annibale Ninchi director, scene design by Duilio Cambellotti, music by Ildebrando Pizzetti, choreography by Rosalia Chladek
- Annibale Ninchi (Edipo), Emma Baron (Ismene) e Amedeo Nazzari (Teseo) in Edipo a Colono di Sofocle
- Giuditta Rissone, Vittorio De Sica and Umberto Melnati in Guido Cantini's Evelina o l'amore e il caso. Milan, Teatro Olimpia, Feb. 25, 1937. De Sica - Rissone - Melnati Company
- Giuditta Rissone and Vittorio De Sica in Guido Cantini's Evelina o l'amore e il caso
- William Shakespeare's Romeo e Giulietta. Rome, Teatro Argentina, Gen. 12, 1939. Ricci-Adani Company, Guido Salvini director, scene and costume design by Aldo Calvo
- Renzo Ricci and Laura Adani in Wiliam Shakespeare's Romeo e Giulietta
- Andreina Pagnani and Gino Cervi in Corrado Alvaro's Il caffè dei naviganti. Rome, Teatro Eliseo, 1939. Teatro Eliseo Company
- Gino Cervi, Aroldo Tieri, Andreina Pagnani, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli in Corrado Alvaro's Il caffè dei naviganti
- Page 6
- Nino Besozzi and Dina Galli in Edouard Bourdet's Fior di pisello
- Edouard Bourdet's Fior di pisello. Rome, Teatro Eliseo, Nov. 3, 1945. Ettore Giannini director
- Beaumarchais' Le nozze di Figaro, Feb. 1946
- Titina and Eduardo De Filippo in E. De Filippo's Filumena Marturano. Rome, Teatro Eliseo, Jan. 8, 1947. E. De Filippo director
- William Shakespeare's Troilo e Cressida. Florence, Giardino di Boboli, June 21, 1949. Luchino Visconti director, scene disegn by Franco Zeffirelli, costumes by Maria De Matteis
- Carlo Ninchi and Massimo Girotti in William Shakespeare's Troilo e Cressida
- Page 7
- Paolo Panelli, Tino Buazzelli and Nino Manfredi in Carlo Goldoni's Il ventaglio
- Carlo Goldoni's Il ventaglio. Rome, Teatro Quirino, April 14, 1947. Alfredo Zennaro director. Accademia Nazionale d'arte drammatica
- Carlo Goldoni's La locandiera. Rome, Teatro Eliseo, June 6, 1952. Stabile di Roma Company. Luchino Visconti director, scene design by Luchino Visconti and Piero Tosi
- Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Stoppa and Rina Morelli in Carlo Goldoni's La locandiera
- Rina Morelli, Elena Da Venezia and Sarah Ferrati in Anton Cechov's Tre sorelle
- Marcello Mastroianni and Sandro Ruffini in Anton Cechov's Tre sorelle
- Anton Cechov's Tre sorelle. Rome, Teatro Eliseo, Dec. 20 1952. Stabile di Roma Company. Luchino Visconti director, scene design by Franco Zefirelli, costumes by Marcel Escoffier
- Paola Borboni and Mario Feliciani in Henrik Ibsen's Casa di bambola. Rome, Teatro Quirino, Dec. 28, 1955. Gianni Santuccio director, scene and costume design by Ezio Frigerio
- Lilla Brignone and Gianni Santuccio in Henrik Ibsen's Casa di bambola
- Page 8
- Romolo Valli, Rossella Falk and Giorgio De Lullo in Alfredo Testoni's Il successo.
- Alfredo Testoni's Il successo. Bologna, Teatro Comunale, March 14, 1956. De Lullo-Falk-Guarnieri-Valli Company. Giorgio De Lullo director, scene and costume design by Pier Luigi Pizzi
- Vittorio Gassman as Iago, Anna Maria Ferrero as Desdemona and Salvo Randone as Otello in William Shakespeare's Otello. Rome, Teatro Quirino, Oct. 31, Nov. 10 1956. Vittorio Gassman director, scene and costume design by Giulio Coltellacci, music by Fiorenzo Carpi
- Vittorio Gassman as Otello and Anna Maria Ferrero as Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Otello
- Luigi Pirandello's Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore. Rome, Teatro Quirino, Jan. 17, 1964. De Lullo-Falk-Valli-Albani Company. Giorgio De Lullo director, scene design by Pier Luigi Pizzi
- Elsa Albani, Rossella Falk and Romolo Valli in Luigi Pirandello's Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore
- Tino Buazzelli and Corrado Pani in Bertolt Brecht's Puntila e il suo servo Matti. Roma, Teatro Quirino, Nov. 4, 1971. Teatro Stabile di Torino. Aldo Trionfo director, scene and costume design by Emanuele Luzzati, music by Paul Dessau
- Tino Buazzelli in Bertolt Brecht's Puntila e il suo servo Matti
- Page 9
- Virginio Gazzolo in Alberto Savinio's Capitano Ulisse
- Alberto Savinio's Capitano Ulisse. Rome, Teatro Quirino, May 8, 1990. Teatro Biondo Company. Mario Missiroli director, scene and costume design by Sergio D'Osmo, music by Mario Modestini
- Miles Gloriosus adapted by Franco Cuomo from Plautus and Francesco Andreini. Rome, Teatro Argentina, Nov. 13, 1990. Teatro Stabile di Bolzano. Maurizio Scaparro director, scene and costume design by Emanuele Luzzati, music by Eugenio Bennato
- Gianrico Tedeschi as Pirgopolinice in Miles Gloriosus
- Karl Kraus' Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità. Turin, Lingotto, Nov. 27, 1990. Luca Ronconi director, scene design by Daniele Spisa, costumes by Gabriella Pescucci, music by Hubert Westkemper
- Franca Rame and Dario Fo in Fo's Mamma! I Sanculotti
- Dario Fo's Mamma! I Sanculotti. Carrara, Teatro degli Animosi, Oct. 23, 1993. C.T.F.R. Company. Directed by Dario Fo, scene design and costumes by Dario Fo, music by Fiorenzo Carpi
- Page 10
- Euripides' Elettra. Spoleto, Teatro Caio Melisso, Dec. 9, 1993. Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria. Massimo Castri director, scene design by Maurizio Calò, costumes by Claudia Calvaresi, music by Bruno De Franceschi
- Carlo Goldoni's Il ventaglio. Lugo, Teatro Rossini, Feb. 25, 1994. Goldoniana Company. Luigi Squarzina director, scene design and costumes by Carlo Diappi, music by Fiorenzo Carpi
- Mariangela Melato as Emilia Marty in Karel Capek's L'affare Makropulos
- Karel Capek's L'affare Makropulos . Rome, Teatro Argentina, OCt. 18, 1994. Teatro di Genova and Teatro Stabile di Torino. Luca Ronconi directo, scene design and costumes by Carlo Diappi
- Luigi Pirandello's Questa sera si recita a soggetto. Marina di Pietrasanta, Teatro La Versiliana, July 13, 1995. Sicilia Teatro. Giuseppe Patroni Griffi director, scene design by Aldo Terlizzi, costumes by Gabriella Pescucci
- Letters
- Tristano Martinelli. Letter to Maria de' Medici, Queen of France. Mantua, June 30, 1615
- Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma. Letter, Piacenza, Oct. 6, 1653
- Pietro Metastasio. Letter to Costantino Morra. Vienna, Nov. 23, 1765
- Carlo Goldoni. Letter to Francesco Albergati Capacelli. Compiegne, July 22, 1765
- Vittorio Alfieri. Letter to Louis XVI, King of France. [Paris], March 14, 1789
- Ugo Foscolo. Letter to M. Bossi. Milan, April 1, 1806
- Silvio Pellico. Letter to Pietro Giuria. June 14, 1843
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour. Letter to M. Vatry. [Turin], March 19, [1854]
- Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. Letter to Bartolomeo Capranica. Florence, Sept. 22, 1825
- Adelaide Ristori. Letter to Paolo Giacometti. Paris , Aug. 25, 1867
- Eleonora Duse. Letter to Hermann Sudermann. Berlin, Dec. 4, 1893
- Gabriele D’Annunzio. Letter to Edoardo Boutet. Venice, Oct. 27, [1898?]
- Promptbooks
- Luigi Pirandello, Liolà. Italian and Sicilian texts. Manuscript
- Hugo von Hoffmansthal, Elektra. French translation for Eleonora Duse. Manuscript.
- Sicilian Pupi in their typical attitudes
- Costumes
- Ettore Petrolini's (1886-1936) Costume for his character Nerone
- Ettore Petrolini's costume for his Fortunello
- Caricatures
- Eduardo Scarpetta by Romeo Marchetti, 1904
- Ermete Zacconi by Antonio Negri
- Eleonora Duse as Mirandolina in C. Goldoni's La locandiera, by Ludovico Zambeletti
- Emma Gramatica by Nullo Musini, 1907
- Ferruccio Garavaglia, in G. D'Annunzio's La nave, by Ciro Galvani, 1908
- Teresa Mariani, by Enrico Sacchetti
- Teresa Franchini, by Romeo Marchetti
- Tatiana Pavlova, by Umberto Onorato
- Renato Rascel, by di Umberto Onorato
- Stage Accessories and Jewels, 19th-20th centuries
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