Nino Martoglio is universally acclaimed in Sicily as a figure larger than life. He excelled in many activities and by the time he died at the age of fifty, he was one of the most famous Sicilians of his times.
His contributions to the development of a Sicilian-language theatre are paramount. His activities in this field justify the claim that he was the real founder of the Sicilian theater and certainly its most enthusiastic promoter. As playwright he authored some of the most memorable Sicilian plays of all time, creating unforgettable characters such as Don Cola Duscio of L'aria del continente, a play that was translated and adapted for the American stage by Lou Cutell and Tino Trischitta with the title The Sicilian Bachelor, and Messer Rapa of I civitoti in pretura.
Fonte: L'italo-Americano
