Francesco Andreini
Francesco Andreini was an Italian actor mainly of commedia dell'arte plays. He began his career playing the role of the unsophisticated love-stricken young man. Later he played the role of Capitan Spavento, a Pickwickian character of excessive fatigue
He published his dialogue as Captain Spavento as "La bravura del capitano Spavento." This dialogue takes place between the captain and his servant, Trappola.Life
Andreini was born at Pistoia. He was a member of the company of i Gelosi which Henry IV of France summoned to Paris to his bride, the young queen Marie de Medici, thus introducing the commedia dell'arte style to France.
Andreini married sixteen-year-old Isabella Andreini in 1578, when he was 30. She and their son, Giambattista Andreini, were also distinguished in the arts.
