"The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio"
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"In this world, you only get what you grab for."
"Many people imagine, because they know a great deal, that other people know nothing." - in 'The Decameron'
— Giovanni Boccaccio
Synopsis
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Giovanni Boccaccio entry at Wikipedia
writer Giovanni Boccaccio credits {52 titles since 1910} at IMDb
The  Book
"The Decameron: The Human Comedy"
[completed 1353, English publn 1620]
book entry at Wikipedia
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In the mid-1300s, as the Black Death was decimating Europe, the Italian writer Boccaccio imagined an escape from the city by members of the aristocracy: seven young women and three eligible men retreat to the countryside, where they go for walks, drink, and sing. In real life, as much as 60 percent of the population in Boccaccio’s home town of Florence was dying in agony; in his alternative vision, the characters meet each day to share ten stories on a new theme. Not all of Boccaccio’s stories are successful, but together the stories made a mark: nearly 700 years after they were written, the Decameron remains “probably the [raunchiest] great book in the Western canon”
1909 edition Volume 1 is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive 1909 edition Volume 2 is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive 1909 edition Volume 3 is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive 1909 edition Volume 4 is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive Navarre Society 1963 edition is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
  | "The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio (Complete & Unabridged)" [1931]
Modern Library/Blue Ribbon Books hardcover [1931] out of print/used Modern Library hardcover [1971] out of print/used "The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio" [1988] Translation by Nogami Motoichi
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  | "The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio" [2010] Translation by Mark Musa & Peter Bondanella; Introduction by Thomas G. Bergin, Afterword by Teodolinda Barolini
Signet Classics mass pb [12/2010] for $8.95 | |
  | "The Decameron by Boccaccio" [2013] Translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn
Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [9/2013] for $9.99 W.W. Norton & Co. 8¼x5½ pb [12/2014] for $10.91 "The Decameron: A Norton Critical Edition" [2015] Translated & Edited by Wayne A. Rebhorn | |
  | "The Decameron: 100 Tales of Life & Love" [2023] new Foreword by Dr. Susanna Barsella Flame Tree Collections 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2023] for $22.79 |
  | "Letture Critiche del Decameron (Critical Readings)" [1977] by Luigi Russo
Italian-language Editori Universale Laterza mass pb [1977] out of print/used | |
  | "The Boccaccian Novella: The Creation and Waning of A Genre (Studies in Italian Culture)" [1990] by Corradina Caporello-Szkyman Peter Lang Academic Publrs 8½x6 hardcover [6/1990] out of print/used | |
  | "A Rhetoric of The Decameron" [2004] by Marilyn Migiel
Univ Toronto Press 9x6pb [1/2004] for $45.95 | |
  | "A Boccaccian Renaissance: Essays On The Early Modern Impact of Giovanni Boccaccio and His Works" 14 essays [2019] Edited by Martin Eisner & David G. Lummus contributors are Jonathan Combs-Schilling, Rhiannon Daniels, editor Eisner, Simon Gilson, James Hankins, Timothy Kircher, Victoria Kirkham, editor Lummus, Ronald L. Martinez, Ignacio Navarrete, Brian Richardson, Marc Schachter, Michael Sherberg, and Janet Levarie Smarr Kindle Edition from Univ Notre Dame Press [6/2019] for $51.99 {sic} Univ Notre Dame Press 9x6 hardcover [6/2019] for $41.09 |
Movies & Television,  Stageplays,  Other  Media
search IMDb on keyword 'decameron' - returns 4 relevant subcategories & 46 irrelevant subcategories
writer Giovanni Boccaccio credits {52 titles since 1910} at IMDb
"Andreuccio da Perugia" silent short [Italy 1910] Director Gennaro Righelli, Writer Giovanni Boccaccio
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252881
"Decameron Nights" silent feature [1924]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decameron_Nights_(1924_film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014839/
"Boccaccio" [Italy Sept 1940] a film by American-born Italian film writer-director Marcello Albani [1905-80]
seems to be based on the plot of the 1879 operetta, but without the music
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032266/
"Decameron Nights" [1953] was based on three of the tales and starred Louis Jourdan as Boccaccio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decameron_Nights
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Nights-VHS-Joan-Fontaine/dp/B000006BR2/
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Nights-VHS/dp/B000A2SE0Q/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045675/
http://archive.org/details/decameron_nights trailer
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Nights-Fontaine-Collins-Jourdan/dp/B000RQQKBK/
"Boccaccio '70" [1962] 3h 25m
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055805/
"Decameron" TV movie [1971]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735857/
"Dekameron" 10-episode TV series [1971-72] with Stane Sever, Mila Kacic
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt12767818/
"Il Decameron" [1971] by Pier Paolo Pasolini [1922-75]
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065622/ - anthology film which includes nine of the stories
https://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Decamerone-Blu-Ray-Reg-Spain/dp/B01F1EDDI0/
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Vincenzo-Amato/dp/B00006I04H/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Decameron-DVD/dp/B01L946RN4/ BFI
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-VHS-Franco-Citti/dp/B00005ATF2/
http://www.amazon.com/Il-Decameron/dp/B0972K79KC/
http://www.amazon.com/D%C3%A9cam%C3%A9ron-BLU-RAY-NEUF/dp/B08W5WHJ4Z/
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Franco-Citti/dp/B000095OBW/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3R7ocHWpk trailer
http://www.amazon.com/Il-Decameron/dp/B004MOY9G6/
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Decamerone-Blu-Ray-Reg-Spain/dp/B01F1EDDI0/
http://www.amazon.com/D%C3%A9cam%C3%A9ron-BLU-RAY-NEUF/dp/B08W5WHJ4Z/
http://www.amazon.com/Movie-DVD-Decameron-Region-Korea/dp/B0194SPA94/
"The Ribald Decameron" [1972] with Dado Crostarosa, Malisa Longo
The story teller Cecco Angiolieri manages to conquer women with his tricks.
"Forbidden Decameron" [1972] with Dado Crostarosa, Carlos de Carvalho
The young Ferruccio, after departing from Florence to bring a message to Abbot Gianni, welcomes the invitation to enter a convent and become a friar.
"The Real Decameron" [1972] in Italian with English subtitles
Directed by: Mario Caiano [1933-2015]; Starring: Rosalba Neri , Christa Linder , Peter Landers and Toni Ucci
http://www.amazon.com/Real-Decameron-Rosalba-Neri/dp/B00IUV8T9A/
In Spanish & English - Unbeknownst to their husbands, a group of really mischievous girls just want to have fun even though the men from the clergy and their legitimate husbands as well might have something to object to their desires. Therefore these girls are forced to use all their astute ruses in order to escape those who want to interfere in their right to have a few healthy jumps in the sack
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068460/
"Decamerone '300" (1972) with Osvaldo Ruggieri, Rosalba Neri
"Decameron n° 2 - Le altre novelle del Boccaccio" (1972)
During a banquet, the diners begin to tell various stories to be happy; all the tales speak of betrayals and erotic adventures.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068461/
"Decameroticus" [1972]
directed by Pier Giorgio Ferretti. Inspired by tales of Boccaccio, Aretino and Bandello, it is divided into five episodes, in which the main theme is that of the cuckolded husband. In the episode The cucumber Ciccillo, the husband becomes beak trusting that a cucumber, peddled by the magician and healer Ciccillo, as a panacea for
"Decameron n° 3 - Le Più Belle Donne Del Bocca" aka "L'Ultimo Decameron" (1972) with Pier Paola Bucchi, Giovanni Elsner
aka "The Last Decameron: Adultery In 7 Easy Lessons" [1972] directed by Italo Alfaro [1928-79]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068832/
http://www.amazon.com/LUltimo-Decameron-Belle-Donne-Bocca/dp/B00WGVYX5E/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8y26GD04ok
"The Last Decameron" [1972?] Joe Damato (Director) - not found on IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Decameron-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B002LFPAEI/
"Sollazzevoli storie di mogli gaudenti e mariti penitenti - Decameron nº 69" [1972]
The story of a group of monks, who are enjoying the forbidden pleasure of sexual adventures.
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-69-Thomas-Heaton/dp/B001MEJY0K/
"Decameron proibitissimo (Boccaccio mio statte zitto)" [1972]
During the early Italian Renaissance and the Black Death epidemic, a group of young men and women, seeking refuge in a secluded villa
just outside the city of Florence, shares different stories of adultery and forbidden love.
"Boccaccio" [1972]
Buffalmacco and his friend Bruno make a joke of Calandrino, forcing him, for ten florins, to buy a stone that should make the owner invisible.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068300/
"Le calde notti del Decameron" [1972]
Count Gianfigliazzo returns from the crusades with two black slaves, a boy and a girl.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068329/
"Decameron n° 4 - Le belle novelle del Boccaccio" [1972]
The film is divided into several episodes told by some commoners who go to the wash house.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068462/
http://www.amazon.com/decameron-n-4-dvd-Italian/dp/B0019R5TDG/
"Novelle galeotte d'amore dal Decameron" [1972]
The film consists of four episodes: The Loan - The Rust - The String - The Return of the Crusader.
"I racconti di Viterbury - Le più allegre storie del '300" [1973] with Rosalba Neri, Christa Linder
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070587/
Italian sex comedy anthology featuring seven erotic vignettes set in medieval times that are loosely inspired by Boccaccio's Decameron.
"Quant'è bella la Bernarda, tutta nera, tutta calda" [1975[
A wizard of the Middle Ages, while exorcising a girl, swallows eggnog and tells two suckers various Boccaccio stories.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073593/
"Erdélyi dekameron" TV movie [1995] with László Vajda, Eszter Kiss
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445355/
"Paraszt dekameron" TV series [2001] with József Gyabronka, Erzsi Máthé
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305082/
"Soldatskij Dekameron" [2005]
http://www.amazon.com/Soldatskij-Dekameron/dp/B009WWKB8S/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758933/
"Decameron Pie" aka "Virgin Territory" [2007]
a romantic comedy based on the framing story of The Decameron
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Pie-Italian-ryan-cartwright/dp/B003672RFK/
http://www.amazon.com/Decameron-Pie-ryan-cartwright/dp/B0041KW7SI/
"Moskovskiy dekameron" TV series [2011] with Natalya Tsvetkova, Elena Smirnova
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2110812/
"Wondrous Boccaccio" aka "Das Dekameron" [2015] is loosely based on four of the tales.
http://www.amazon.com/Giovanni-Boccaccio-Das-Dekameron/dp/B01GCRRI72/
http://www.amazon.com/Wondrous-Boccaccio-Lello-Arena/dp/B01D22U66K/
http://www.amazon.com/Giovanni-Boccaccio-Das-Dekameron/dp/B01GCRRHZU/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3596952/
"The Little Hours" comedy feature [2017] adapted tales III, 1 and III, 2.
"DeCameraOn" TV mini-series [2020]
Inspired by Boccaccio's 14th century 'Decameron', set during the black death in Florence, this show sees individuals
in COVID-19 lock-down telling stories over Zoom to win €100,000
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt14781476/
  | "The Decameron" streaming series [Netflix Original July 2024]   8-part series set in 1348 Italy during the Black Death; explores the timely themes of class systems, power struggles, and survival in a time of pandemic • Exec produced & co-written by Kathleen Jordan; co-produced & directed by Michael Uppendahl; directed by Anya Adams & Andrew DeYoung; co-produced & co-written by Zoe Jarman, Anthony Natoli, James Rogers III & Steve Unckles; co-written by Megan King Kelly, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen & Sarah Stoecker; starring Amar Chadha-Patel, Leila Farzad, Lou Gala, Karan Gill, Tony Hale, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Zosia Mamet, Douggie McMeekin, Jessica Plummer, Tanya Reynolds, Alfredo Pea, Giampiero De Concilio, Aston Wray, Dustin Demri-Burns, Enrico Nobili, Roberta Mengozzi, Sun Hee You, Alioune Badiane, Tom-maso Badioli, Hal Yamanouchi, Matt Patresi, Fares Fares, Ricky Champ, Reis Daniel, Oleksandr Rudynskyy, Giacomo Valenti, Logan Wong, Tazmyn-May Gebbett, Nikolai Selikovsky, Daniele Natali, Rachel Sachnoff, Conor Moloney, John Hannah full credits at IMDb • official series site • series entry at Wikipedia watch 6/2024 official teaser trailer [1:08] online at YouTube watch 7/2024 official trailer [2:08] online at YouTube |
  | The Decameron" streaming series [2024] score by Ruth Barrett Netflix MP-3 soundtrack album download [6/2024 ] 19 tracks for $7.99 |
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  | "Boccaccio" operetta [1879] by Franz von Suppé [1819-95] 3-act Italian-style opera with libretto, music & lyrics by Austrian composer von Suppé; story not so much about 'Decameron' tales, but about writer Boccaccio carousing with incognito Duke of Palermo and several maidens & wives in the usual operatic roundelay of sexual encounters & mistaken identities; successful on the London stage, then in Austria, and then on Broadway in 1905: roughly 30 performances Feb-Mar 1905 at the Broadway Theatre bare 1905 credits at Internet Broadway Database |
  | "Dekameron" [1976 & 1982] adapted by Henryk Cyganik Staged at Lalek Teatr in Lodz, Poland in 1976, directed by Jerzy Mikalik; also staged in October 1982 at Teatr im. Juliusza Osterwy [est. 1945] in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, artistic director Bohdan Mikuc, directed by Jerzy Mikalik credits at Encyclopedia of Polish Theatre |
  | "Boccaccio" musical stageplay [1974] by Kenneth Cavander Book & lyrics by Kenneth Cavander; music by Richard Peaslee; dramatized stories from 'The Decameron' • PREMIER RUN produced by Arena Stage Theatre at the Kreeger Theater in Washington DC; directed by Gene Lesser • BROADWAY RUN 48 previews & 7 performances in Nov 1975 at the Edison Theater; directed by Warren Enters, starring movie actor Armand Assante 1975 credits at Internet Broadway Database | |
  | "Dekameron" stageplay [Oct 2002] adapted by Edward Boyé
Produced at Teatr im. Juliusza Osterwy [est. 1945] in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland; directed by Ryczard Major, music by Emilian Prorok credits at Encyclopedia of Polish Theatre | |
  | "The Decameron" stageplay [April-May 2011] by playwright Patrick Baliani
Boccaccio’s bawdy tales told with gusto; directed by Joseph McGrath at The Rogue Theatre in Tucson, Arizona • archived production homepage | |
  | "Decameron" stageplay [March 2020] by Russian playwright Kirill Serebrennikov The Russian playwright & director Kirill Serebrennikov selected ten stories from Giovanni Boccaccio's 100 novellas and translated them into the present day for ten German and Russian players. The first attempt to premier was prevented by COVID-19 lockdowns, but was successfully produced in 12/2022? at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany; music is by Daniel Freitag; actors included Fillipp Avdeev, Regine Zimmermann, Marcel Kohler, Aleksandra Revenko, and Georgiy Kudrenko • Serebrennikov opened the Gogol Center avant-garde theater in 2012, was under house arrest for several years, and has directed various productions of his plays remotely; the government shut Gogol Center down in June 2022 and renamed it Nikolai Gogol Drama Theatre • playwright's 'Decameron' homepage Deutsches Theater Berlin German-language website   watch 3/2020 Deutsches Theater promo [1:00] online at YouTube |
The  Author
Giovanni Boccaccio [1313-75] of Medieval Florence, Italy
browse the Giovanni Boccaccio Store {returns 270+ titles} at Amazon • entry at Wikipedia
writer Giovanni Boccaccio credits {52 titles since 1910} at IMDb
  | "Giovanni Boccaccio: A Biographical Study - The Legacy of A Renaissance Literary Giant" [1910] by Edward Hutton [1875-1969] Kindle Edition from Good Press [11/2019] for $1.99 Alpha Edition 9x6 pb [1/2022] for $17.71 Forgotten Books 9x6 hardcover [8/2018] for $38.57 John Lane, The Bodley Head UK hardcover [1910] long out of print/used 1910 edition is available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
  | "The Life of Giovanni Boccaccio" [1930] by Thomas Caldecot Chubb [1899-1972]
Hassell Street Press 9¼x6 pb [9/2021] for $23.95 Hassell Street Press 9¼x6 hardcover [9/2021] for $34.95 Albert & Charles Boni hardcover [1930] long out of print/used |
Other  Works by Giovanni Boccaccio
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"Caccia di Diana" (1334-1337)
"Filostrato" (1335 or 1340)
"Filocolo" (1336-1339)
"Teseida Delle Nozze di Emilia" (before 1341)
"Comedia Delle Ninfe Fiorentine (Ninfale d'Ameto, 1341-1342)
"De Canaria" (within 1341-1345)
"Amorosa Visione" (1342)
"Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta" (1343-1344)
"Ninfale Fiesolano" (within 1344-46, this date is disputed)
"The Decameron" (1349-52, revised 1370-1371)
"Zibaldone Magliabechiano" (within 1351-1356)
"Trattatello In Laude di Dante" [1357]
title revised to "De Origine Vita Studiis et Moribus Viri Clarissimi Dantis Aligerii Florentini Poetae Illustris et De Operibus Compositis Ab Eodem"
"De Casibus Virorum Illustrium" (c. 1360) - facsimile of 1620 Paris edition [Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints 1962] ISBN 978-0-8201-1005-9
"Genealogia Deorum Gentilium Libri" (1360, revised up to 1374)
"De Mulieribus Claris" (1361, revised up to 1375)
"Corbaccio" (around 1365, this date is disputed)
"Buccolicum Carmen" (1367-1369)
"Esposizioni Sopra La Comedia di Dante" (1373-1374)
"Rime" (finished 1374)
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