COUNT GIOVANNI

See also:

• COUNT GIOVANNI GIRAUD (1776-1834)

GIRAUD (1776-1834)  , Italian dramatist, of French origin, was born at Rome, and showed a precocious passion for the theatre . His first play, L'Onestd non si vince, was successfully produced in 1798 . He took part in politics as an active supporter of Pius VI., but was mainly occupied with the production of his plays, and in 1809 became director-general of the Italian theatres . He died at Naples in 1834 . Count Giraud's comedies, the best of which are Gelosie per equivoco (1807) and L' A jo nell ' imbarazzo (1824), were bright and amusing on the stage, but of no particular literary quality . His collected comedies were published in 1823 and his Teatro domestico in 1825 .