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The Syndicate

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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Smuggled out of Naples in his youth after stabbing a brutal night-watchman to death, Antonio Barracano returned home in the 1960s as a wealthy man. He used his newfound status to quash his murder conviction, and was soon feared but respected throughout the city. Don Antonio has made it his life's work to bring rough justice to the criminals of Naples who otherwise have no fear of the law. He rules the city's underbelly with a rod of iron. The play begins when a respectable but poor young man who has resolved to murder his father comes to Don Antonio for advice. The Neapolitan 'Godfather' emerges from the shadows to make the young man's father an offer he can't refuse. The comedy grows blacker as 'respectable' Naples collides with its criminal underworld. A dark comedy of pathos and farce by one of Italy's pre-eminent dramatists of the twentieth century, Eduardo De Filippo's The Syndicate (Il sindaco del rione Sanità) is made newly accessible and contemporary by this translation by Mike Poulton.

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A&C Black

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ISBN 10

1408156911

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9781408156919

Theater Neapolitan Style

Five One-act Plays

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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Five One-act Plays

By: Eduardo De Filippo

We witness the playwright's uncanny ability to mix comic and tragic elements simultaneously as romantic courtship prevails despite poverty and infirmity in Philosophically Speaking: a tired marriage and the temptation of youthful flirtation oppose each other in Gennareniello: a government clerk happens upon the demolition of his childhood home in So Long, Fifth Floor; an old actor fantasizes about performing a major role once again in The Part of Hamlet: and a tired salesman learns that his room has been used for the laying out of his deceased landlord in Dead People Aren't Scary."--BOOK JACKET.

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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0838640354

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9780838640357

De Filippo Four Plays

The Local Authority; Grand Magic; Filumena; Marturano

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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De Filippo Four Plays

The Local Authority; Grand Magic; Filumena; Marturano

By: Eduardo De Filippo

Plays by one of Italy's greatest dramatists Eduardo de Filippo was one of Italy's leading popular dramatists, a fearless social critic, a supreme man of the theatre, and a humane and compassionate writer. The four plays in this volume present different facets of his prolific output, which focused on the lives of the Neapolitan people, their dubious cunning nourished by centuries of hunger, their fantasies and their love of life. The Local Authority, Grand Magic and Filumena Marturano are translated by Carlo Ardito, and Napoli Milionaria was translated by Peter Tinniswood for the Royal National Theatre's production in 1991.

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1408177560

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9781408177563

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

A Play in Three Acts

By: Keith Waterhouse,Eduardo De Filippo

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Saturday, Sunday, Monday

A Play in Three Acts

By: Keith Waterhouse,Eduardo De Filippo

Domestic comedy. Suspicion, jealousy, hurt pride, and generation conflict erupt during traditional Sunday dinner in middle class Neapolitan family.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573615136

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9780573615139

De Filippo Four Plays

The Local Authority; Grand Magic; Filumena; Marturano

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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The Local Authority; Grand Magic; Filumena; Marturano

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Filumena

A Play in Three Acts

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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Filumena

A Play in Three Acts

By: Eduardo De Filippo

This film focuses on a family conceived out of wedlock. The mother is determined to rise her children and give them legitimacy in spite of a hostile environment. The father is called to repent his lack of paternal responsibility.

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Samuel French, Inc.

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0573618518

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9780573618512

Theater Neapolitan Style

Five One-act Plays

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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Five One-act Plays

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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The Nativity Scene

A Play

By: Eduardo De Filippo

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The Nativity Scene

A Play

By: Eduardo De Filippo

The Nativity Scene imparts insights into why millions of immigrants left Italy and established their presepe (Christmas cribs) elsewhere, in the new Promised Land . . .Through the image of the presepe, The Nativity Scene presents a dramatic debate over the place and significance of Italy's rich and powerful iconic heritage, and the myths and rituals attendant upon it as shapers of social life"--Publisher's website.

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Guernica Editions

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0920717802

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9780920717806

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The Syndicate

The Syndicate

Theater Neapolitan Style

Theater Neapolitan Style

De Filippo Four Plays

De Filippo Four Plays

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

De Filippo Four Plays

De Filippo Four Plays

Filumena

Filumena

Theater Neapolitan Style

Theater Neapolitan Style

The Nativity Scene

The Nativity Scene

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