The actors of teatrOrtaet stage all the charm and fascination of the extraordinary Duse - d'Annunzio association, a relationship that united, passionately and artistically, two of the greatest personalities of fin de siécle Italian culture.

The show evokes an immortal love in its extraordinary "theatrical" dimension. D'Annunzio himself was aware of the need to narrate and mythologize his relationship with Duse through the novel-scandal "Il fuoco," an irreverent and brazen narrative that was accused of bringing insult to the Actress, but which Duse he...