The Accademia degli Intronati was a prominent literary and scholarly society in Siena.Elena Brizio, Il Dialogo de’ giuochi by Girolamo Bargagli and the Women of Siena: Culture, Independence, and Politics Women and Community in Early Modern Europe, Issue 15.1, 2018 It was founded between 1525 and 1527 as a gathering place for aristocracy, and was prominent by the 1550s.
The first publicly hosted event was the comic play Gl'ingannati, written collectively by the Intronatis. A characteristic of the Academy was its preference for comedy and the targeting of a female public. This distinguished the plays of the Academy's first wave of productions.
See also Commedia dell'Arte Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Biblioteca Comunale degli Intronati
Lecture Shakespeare and the Women of the Intronati, Sky Gilbert, Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship
References
Further reading Cerreta, Florindo (1960) Alessandro Piccolomini Costantini, L.P. (1928) L'Accademia degli Intronati di Siena e una sua commedia