<p>In 'Risifi's Daughter,' Anna Katharine Green offers a piercing Victorian drama steeped in the nuances of lost fortune and societal standings. Through the articulate anguish of Osaldi and the loyal support of Giovanni, the play unfolds in a language that marries poetry with the sharp pangs of reality. Green's flair for suspenseful narrative is repurposed here within the confines of a stage, presenting dialogues that are as rhythmically compelli...