#teatromarcello #writersinrome 22 APRIL 1905-You look out of a window and behold, close by, the unspeakable rag-fair of that foul quarter, with its yells and cries rising up and stench of cheap cooking. Immediately below, the corridors of the theater; below that, the shops, were pack-saddles, ploughs, scythes, wooden pails- the things of a village - are for sale in the midst of these black arches.