Andria (Machiavelli) and translation, Machiavelli and theatre, and, last but not least, Machiavelli's understanding of the phenomenology of the political sphere. This production is a watershed event for the English-speaking world". Andria (Machiavelli) Andria is the first play written by Niccolò Machiavelli, published in the period 1517-1520. It is a translation of a play written by the Latin comedy writer Terence, who had originally taken it from the Greek dramatist Menander. It is one of the examples of Machiavelli as a comedy writer, along with "The Mandrake" and the "Clizia". The play has been considered by some scholars semi-autobiographical. The story is
The Art of War (Machiavelli) of War (1757)", and Algarotti—though without much basis—saw in Machiavelli the master who has taught Frederick the Great the tactics by which he astounded Europe. Like most people concerned with military matters, Jefferson had Machiavelli's "Art of War" in his library, and when the War of 1812 increased American interest in problems of war, "The Art of War" was brought out in a special American edition." This continued interest in Machiavelli as a military thinker was not only caused by the fame of his name; some of the recommendations made in the "Art of War"—those on training, discipline, and classification,