Assunta Spina (play)

Assunta Spina
A 1927 performance with Vera Vergani in the title role.
Written by	Salvatore Di Giacomo
Date premiered	27 March 1909
Place premiered	Teatro Nuovo, Naples
Original language	Italian
Genre	Tragedy, Melodrama
Setting	Naples, 1900

Assunta Spina is a 1909 tragic play by the Italian writer Salvatore Di Giacomo, based on his earlier short story of the same name. It premiered at the Teatro Nuovo in Naples with Adelina Magnetti in the title role and a cast that also included Gennaro Pantalena and Francesca Bertini, who would subsequently play Assunta in the 1915 film. A 1927 revival at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan starred Vera Vergani.