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Casanova, actor, lover, priest, spy, Ian Kelly

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-369) and index

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Casanova

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Ian Kelly

actor, lover, priest, spy

Offers lesser-known facts about Casanova's life behind his mythical persona as a great lover, in an account that traces his work as a diplomat, writer, and confidant of such figures as Madame de Pompadour and Catherine the Great

Prelude: the Teatro del Mundo -- Introduzione: The Opera Buffa called Venice -- Act I -- I. The Calle della Commedia, 1725-1734 -- II. At School in Padua 1734-8 -- III. I Become a Preacher, 1739-41 -- IV. Enter Lucia, Nanetta and Marta, 1741-3 -- V. Seminarian No More, 1743 -- Intermezzo: Casanova and Travel in the Eighteenth Century -- Act II -- I. The Road to Rome and Naples, 1743-5 -- II. Love and Travesty, 1745 -- III. Tales from the Seraglio, Constantinople, 1745 -- IV. Palazzo Bragadin, a Young Man's Entrance into Society, 1745-8 -- V. You Will Also Forget Henriette, 1749 -- Intermezzo: Casanova and Sex in the Eighteenth Century -- Act III -- I. The Road to France, 1750 -- II. Madame de Pompadour's Paris, 1750 -- III. Lust in Cloisters, 1753-5 -- IV. Prison and Escape, 1755 -- V. Comedie Francaise, Paris, 1756-7 -- VI. 'The Mask of a Man of No Consequence': the Marquise d'Urfe and Experiments in Necromancy, 1757-60 -- Intermezzo: Casanova and the Cabbala -- Act IV -- I. Conversations with Voltaire, 1760-1 -- II. Chevalier de Seingalt, 1761-3 -- III. London, 1763 -- IV. Frederick the Great, 1764 -- V. St. Petersburg, 1765 -- VI. Polish Duels, 1765-6 -- Intermezzo: Casanova -- Food-writer -- Act V -- I. Il Traviato, The Wanderer, 1766-70 -- II. Papal Knight and Oyster-eater, 1770-74 -- III. Venice Revisited, 1774-82 -- IV. Don Giovanni, 1783-7 -- V. The Castle at Dux, 1787-98 -- Curtain call: The History of The History of My Life