''Her Soul'' (''Anima'' in Italian) is the first play by Italian playwright

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, the grandmother of Italian poet

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. The play received national acclaim and the Italian state gave the play a national prize. It was first performed in

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on October 29, 1898 at the

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, starring

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. The inspiration for ''Her Soul'' was from the 1894 play ''The Rights of the Soul'' by

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