Agrippino Manteo

Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Domains

Theatre

Dates

Born 1 Apr 1884
Died 1 Aug 1947
Activity 1923-1939

Places

Born in Italy
Active in United States; Argentina

Activities

Other

Puppeteer

Resources

Born in the town of Grammichele (province of Catania) in 1884, Agrippino Manteo was orphaned at the age of four. Although he and his sister subsequently lived with their grandmother, Agrippino often ran away due to her harsh measures and the incessant farm chores. The puppeteer Giuseppe (Peppino Crimi), son of the famed puppeteer Gaetano Crimi, took the boy under his wing, setting the stage for a life devoted to Sicilian opera dei pupi (puppet theater) across three continents.

At the age of twenty-one Agrippino immigrated to Mendoza, Argentina, with his wife, Caterina, and their first child, Ida (neé Agata, also known as Aida). He worked as a baker while constructing marionettes, and, when he had amassed a …

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Citation: Cavallo, Jo Ann. "Agrippino Manteo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 March 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13090, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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