Maurizio Scaparro (19 January 1932 – 17 February 2023) was an Italian stage and film director, playwright, journalist, and author. Born in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, in the early 1950s Scaparro started working as a journalist and a theatre critic for the newspaper '' L'Avanti!'' and later for the magazine ''Maschere, rassegna mensile di vita del teatro''. In 1961 he became the director of the magazine ''Teatro Nuovo'', and in 1963 he was appointed artistic director of the Stable Theatre in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

. He debuted as a stage director in 1964, with the play ''Festa grande di aprile'', and got a first large critical acclaim in 1965 with his version of

Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...

's comedy '' La Venexiana'', which he first represented at the Festival of Two Worlds in

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; ) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is south of Trevi, north of Terni, southeast of Perugia; southeast of Florence; and north of Rome. H ...

. During his career Scaparro directed over sixty plays, and was artistic director of several theatres, as well as of the theatrical section at the

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale ( ; ) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy. There are two main components of the festival, known as the Art Biennale () and the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Architecture Biennale (), ...

. He also directed a number of films. Scaparro died on 17 February 2023, at the age of 91.

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