Ermete Novelli

Ermete Novelli
Born (1851-03-05)5 March 1851
Lucca, Italy
Died 30 January 1919(1919-01-30) (aged 67)
Naples, Italy
Occupation Actor

Ermete Novelli (5 March 1851 – 30 January 1919) was an Italian actor and playwright.

Born in Lucca, the son of a prompter, Novelli made his first appearance in 1866, and played character and leading comedy parts in the best companies between 1871 and 1884. By 1885 he had his own company, and made a great success in Paris in 1898 and 1902.

He established in Rome in 1900 a new theatre, the Casa di Goldoni, on the lines of the Comédie-Française. He dramatized Émile Gaboriau's Monsieur Lecoq, and alone or in collaboration wrote several comedies and many monologues. He appeared in a number of early silent films.

He died in Naples in 1919, aged 67, survived by at least one child, his son, Enrico "Yambo" Novelli.

Selected filmography

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Novelli, Ermete". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.