EDITORS Jeffrey Masten, Northwestern University Wendy Wall, Northwestern University GUEST EDITORS Albert Russell Ascoli, University of California, Berkeley Williain N. West, Northwestern University EDITORIAL AssiSTANT Christine Scippa, Northwestern University EDITORIAL COMMITTEE Albert Russell Ascoli, University of California, Berkeley Leonard Barkan, Princeton University David Bevington, University of Chicago A. R. Brauninuller, University of California, Los Angeles Alan Dessen, University of North Carolina Frances E. Dolan, University of California, Davis Barbara Hodgdon, University of Michigan Jean E. Howard, Columbia University G. K. Hunter, Yale University Theodore B. Leinwand, University of Maryland, College Park Leah S. Marcus, Vanderbilt University Kathleen E. McLuskie, University of Birmingham, The Shakespeare Institute Louis A. Montrose, University of California, San Diego Tiinothy Reiss, New York University Mary Beth Rose, University of Illinois, Chicago Garrett A. Sullivan Jr., Pennsylvania State University Elissa Weaver, University of Chicago W. B. Worthen, Barnard College FoRMER EDITORS S.Schoenbauin, 1956-76 Leonard Barkan, 1977-85 Mary Beth Rose, 1985-99 Renaissance Drama .......... I - I I NEW SERIES 36/37 I Italy in the Drama of Europe I I I I I I I I I ·i· I ,_ -""··. ·-:r· t_ -._,;. c E) I ··. ·r , I I ", · I Eilited by Al::ussell Ascoli I and William N. West I I I .. Northwestern University Press EVANSTON 2010