The Cenci

E221998
play tragedy verse drama

The Cenci is a tragic verse drama by Percy Bysshe Shelley, based on the historical story of the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci and renowned for its exploration of tyranny, corruption, and moral revolt.

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Label Occurrences
The Cenci canonical 4
The Cenci (1935 play by Antonin Artaud) 1
The Cenci (1969 film) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
author Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ
basedOn Beatrice Cenci ⓘ
Cenci family murder case ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Grand Theatre, London ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1886 ⓘ
firstPublicationCity Livorno ⓘ
firstPublicationPlace Italy ⓘ
firstPublishedAs The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts
firstPublisher Charles Ollier ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
verse drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cenci (1935 play by Antonin Artaud)

The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Cenci (1969 film)
hasDramaticForm blank verse ⓘ
hasInfluenced later treatments of Beatrice Cenci in literature and drama ⓘ
historicalContext late 16th-century Rome ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm dramatic poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Beatrice Cenci ⓘ
Beatrice Cenci ⓘ
surface form: Count Francesco Cenci

Giacomo Cenci ⓘ
Beatrice Cenci ⓘ
surface form: Lucretia Cenci
notableFor controversial subject matter ⓘ
depiction of incest and parricide ⓘ
exploration of tyranny and moral revolt ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn 1819 ⓘ
publisherLanguage English ⓘ
setting Italy ⓘ
settingPeriod Renaissance Italy ⓘ
structure five-act play ⓘ
subject Beatrice Cenci ⓘ
theme abuse of power ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral revolt ⓘ
patriarchal oppression ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
religious hypocrisy ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
writer Percy Bysshe Shelley ⓘ

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Percy Bysshe Shelley → notableWork → The Cenci ⓘ
Percy Bysshe Shelley → wrote → The Cenci ⓘ
Prometheus Unbound → relatedWorkByAuthor → The Cenci ⓘ
Wollstonecraft–Shelley circle → notableWorkProducedWithinCircle → The Cenci ⓘ
The Cenci → firstPublishedAs → The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts
The Cenci → hasAdaptation → The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cenci (1935 play by Antonin Artaud)
The Cenci → hasAdaptation → The Cenci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Cenci (1969 film)