The Cenci

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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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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: A Tragedy in Five Acts
linked to: The Cenci
firstPublisher Charles Ollier
genre tragedy
verse drama
hasAdaptation The Cenci (1935 play by Antonin Artaud)
linked to: The Cenci

The Cenci (1969 film)
linked to: The Cenci
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
Count Francesco Cenci
linked to: Beatrice Cenci

Giacomo Cenci
Lucretia Cenci
linked to: Beatrice 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 wrote The Cenci
The Cenci firstPublishedAs The Cenci: A Tragedy in Five Acts
linked to: The Cenci
The Cenci hasAdaptation The Cenci (1935 play by Antonin Artaud)
linked to: The Cenci
The Cenci hasAdaptation The Cenci (1969 film)
linked to: The Cenci