La Mandragola
The Mandrake Root

by NICOLO’ MACHIAVELLI

The Mandrake Root is a satirical play by the author of The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli. Although the five-act comedy was published in 1524 and first performed in the carnival season of 1526, Machiavelli likely wrote The Mandrake Root in 1518 to be performed at the wedding of Duke Lorenzo de’ Medici and Maddalena de la Tour d’Auvergne. It is about leaders’ corruption and what one would do to get to power or to gain political advantage. None is immune.

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In the city of the blind, whoever has one eye is lord.

Production History

February 2013 Debut, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU
Directed by Laura Caparrotti, with: Ilaria Ambrogi, Francesco Andolfi, Giulia Bisinella, Carlotta Brentan, Francesco Meola, Irene Turri, Jacopo Rampini,
February 2015, Bernie Wohl Center
Directed by Laura Caparrotti, with: Francesco Andolfi, Giulia Bisinella, Carlotta Brentan, Francesco Meola, Irene Turri, Jacopo Rampini
November 2016, Vassar College
Directed by Laura Caparrotti, with: Francesco Andolfi, Carlotta Brentan, Lenni Ciotti, Laura Lamberti, Francesco Meola, Irene Turri, Jacopo Rampini
February 2024, The Tank NYC
Directed by Laura Caparrotti, with Stefano Carannante, Giulia Cowie, Matthew J. Gregory, Laura Lamberti, Alice Lussiana Parente, Brandon Salerno.