Eduardo De Filippo était un dramaturge italien célèbre pour ses œuvres écrites en dialecte napolitain. Son écriture explore les complexités de la vie quotidienne, les problèmes sociaux et les relations humaines complexes, le tout dépeint avec une profonde compréhension de la nature humaine. De Filippo a magistralement mêlé comédie et tragédie, créant des personnages à la fois humoristiques et poignants. Son style distinctif et son puissant sens du réalisme le consacrent comme l'un des dramaturges italiens les plus importants du XXe siècle.
These plays include Napoli Milionaria produced at the Royal National Theatre in 1991. Eduardo De Filippo was one of Italy's leading popular dramatists. His plays focus on the lives of the Neapolitan people, their cunning nourished by centuries of hunger, their fantasies and their love of life.
The Syndicate, or Il Sindaco Del Rione Sanita, is a witty dark comedy set in 1960s Naples. This new translation by Mike Poulton portrays De Filippo's classic combination of pathos with farce in a newly accessible and contemporary version.
A classic 1946 Italian comedy of love, pragmatism and surprises by the masterful dramatist Eduardo de Filippo.
Così Eduardo De Filippo raccontò la genesi di questa sua famosissima commedia: "Poche settimane dopo la liberazione mi affacciai al balcone della mia casa di Parco Grifeo, e detti uno sguardo al panorama di questa città martoriata: allora mi venne in mente in embrione la commedia e la scrissi tutto d'un fiato, come un lungo articolo sulla guerra e sulle sue deleterie conseguenze".
