Eduardo De Filipo: Four Plays

by Eduardo de Filipo, Maria Tucci

Eduardo De Filippo, possibly the finest and certainly the funniest and most loved playwright in Italy, was a great Neapolitan actor who wrote dozens of plays for his own theater company. In Italy he is known simply as "Eduardo." His plays are all superb comedies, yet always based on strong human emotions. Since de Filippo usually wrote in Neapolitan dialect, British translations have tended to be farcical and over-the-top. These new translations are truer and closer in spirit to the originals. Translated by the actress Maria Tucci (who recently played Filumena in New York), Eduardo's plays are readable, actable, and enjoyable for Americans.

171 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002