The Puppet and the Face

About a Rosso di San Secondo’s Passion

Abstract

In addition to the lack of an updated bibliography, a complete biography of Pier Maria Rosso di San Secondo is still missing though in his literary work the “crime” of autobiography is flagrant, even in works on which it was thought that we had not anything to add, such as Marionette, che passione! staged in 1918. Where do these characters with mournful passions come from? We know that the drama is based on the tale Acqueruggiola (1916) but, between forgotten articles and archival papers, some pieces have been found that allow to restore the original color of human events synthesized in dramaturgy.