Betti, Ugo (1892–1953)

Italian dramatist. Some of his most important plays, such as Frana allo scalo nord/Landslide at the North Station (1936), concern the legal process (Betti was a judge for many years) and focus on the themes of justice and moral responsibility. Of his many other plays, often austere, even pessimistic, the best known include La padrone/The Mistress (1927), Delitto all'isola delle capre/Crime on Goat Island (1948), and La Regina e gli insorte/The Queen and the Rebels (1949).