1921 ca, ITALY : The italian play writer and librettist SEM BENELLI (1877 - 1949), author of play LA CENA DELLE BEFFE (1909, TREVES Editori). Like librettist provided the texts for several noted Italian operettas, including Italo Montemezzi 's L'amore dei tre re and L' incantesimo, and Umberto Giordano 's Le cena delle beffe