ATTO PRIMO.
Sala di studio, dove Pietro Mattei lavora e riceve, quando non è al Ministero. — Porte laterali, chiuse. A sinistra le stanze interne, a destra l’anticamera. Una finestra pure a destra. Mobilia e tappezzerie semplici, severe.
About This Book
The play follows an aging parliamentarian who balances ministerial duties, political maneuvering, and private loyalties within his household. Much of the action unfolds in his study, where negotiations, moral compromises, and arguments about duty and ambition surface alongside domestic tensions involving his daughter and her husband. Across three acts the drama alternates intimate family scenes and public crises, exploring how ambition, pride, and generational change force characters to reassess loyalties and the costs of public office.