Filumena
by Eduardo De Filippo
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Timberlake Wertenbaker's translation of De Filippo's comedy was first performed at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, in 1998. In late 1940s Naples, Filumena Maraturano lies on her deathbed awaiting marriage to the man who has kept her as his mistress for 27 years. But no sooner has the priest completed the ceremony than Filumena makes a miraculous recovery. As he reels in shock, Domenico discovers that this iron-willed woman has a few more surprises for him. Exploring themes of family, age and show more love, 'Filumena' exemplifies De Filippo's trademark moral optimism and warmth, coupled with unflinchingly astute and humorous observation of his characters. show lessTags
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Eduardo, as he came to be known, started his acting career on the Neapolitan stage at age six. After he and his brother and sister formed their own theater company in the late 1920s, he established himself as Italy's leading comic actor. Before long he was also its best dialect playwright and, after Luigi Pirandello and Ugo Betti, its best show more dramatic writer. His well-known plays, most of which were made into successful films, include Filumena, Marturano, and Saturday, Sunday, Monday. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Filumena
- Original title
- Filumena Marturano
- Original publication date
- 1946
- Related movies
- Matrimonio all'italiana (1964 | IMDb); Filumena Marturano (1951 | IMDb)
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 852.912 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian drama 1900- 1900-1999 1900-1945
- LCC
- PQ4815 .I48 .F513 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1900-1960
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- Languages
- Danish, English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
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