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De Filippo, Eduardo
De Filippo, Eduardo (1900–84), Italian actor and dramatist, illegitimate son of the Neapolitan actor Eduardo Scarpetta, in whose company he and his brother Peppino (1903–80) and sister Titina [Anastasia] (1898–1963) acted as children. In 1932 they opened their own playhouse in Naples—the Teatro Umoristico—and soon achieved a great reputation for their productions in the style of the commedia dell'arte. Many of their plays were the work of Eduardo. In 1945 Peppino left to found his own company, with which he was seen in London during the World Theatre Season of 1964, while Titina remained with Eduardo until her death, appearing in many of his comedies, including Filumena Marturano (1946), in which a prostitute pretends to be dying so that her lover will marry her. Other outstanding works were Napoli milionaria! (1945), with which Eduardo visited the 1972 World Theatre Season, La paura numero uno (Terror Number One, 1950), and Bene mio e core mio (My Goods and My Heart, 1955). Always topical, his plays are usually set in Naples, their language reflecting the evolving Neapolitan dialect and the vocabulary of modern life. Zeffirelli directed productions in English of Saturday, Sunday, Monday (1959), about a family quarrel spread over a weekend (National Theatre, 1973; NY, 1974), and Filumena (1977; NY, 1980). Le voci di dentro (1948) was produced as Inner Voices (1983) at the National Theatre, which also staged Napoli Milionaria! in 1991.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "De Filippo, Eduardo." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "De Filippo, Eduardo." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DeFilippoEduardo.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "De Filippo, Eduardo." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-DeFilippoEduardo.html |
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Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo , 1900-1984, Neapolitan playwright and actor. In his scores of plays he combined pathos and farce. Napoli milionaria (1946) depicts postwar Naples, riddled with ruins and black-market corruption; Filumena Marturano (1946) concerns a loving prostitute who coaxes her lover into marriage. Both plays were made into successful motion pictures, the latter entitled Matrimonio all'italiana ( Marriage Italian-Style, 1964). Among De Filippo's other well-known plays is Il figlio di Pulcinella (1957). Most of his plays are collected in Cantata dei giorni pari and Cantata dei giorni dispari (4 vol., 1951-59).
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"Eduardo De Filippo." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Eduardo De Filippo." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DeFilipp.html "Eduardo De Filippo." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DeFilipp.html |
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Filippo, Eduardo De
Filippo, Eduardo De, see DE FILIPPO.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Filippo, Eduardo De." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Filippo, Eduardo De." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-FilippoEduardoDe.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Filippo, Eduardo De." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-FilippoEduardoDe.html |
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