Lorenzino

This powerful, eloquent play moves like a Greek tragedy to its inevitable conclusion. Dumas''s drama is based on an actual event--the assassination of Duke Alexander of Medici in 1537 by his cousin, Lorenzo. Lorenzino lures his relative to a trap under the pretext of providing him with a woman. He gets close to the Duke by pandering to his lusts, just so that he''ll have the opportunity to kill hi...