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Michele Uda (b. 1830)
Uda, Michele (ö’dä). An Italian dramatist and novelist; born at Cagliari, 1830. At twenty he joined a band of strolling players, and wrote or adapted comedies for them. Among his original compositions are the comedies ‘The Widow’s Suitors,’ played by Ristori with great success, and ‘Mask and Face’; and the dramas ‘In the Coffin’ and ‘The Workingman and his Family.’ His finest work is the brilliant comedy ‘The Renegades’ (1858). Among his novels are ‘A Poor Devil,’ and ‘From Herod to Pilate.’