Eduardo De Filippo
Neapolitan playwright, actor, and director who was the foremost figure in Italian popular theater of the 20th century. His plays in Neapolitan dialect portrayed working-class life with comedy and pathos rooted in commedia dell'arte. Filumena Marturano is his masterpiece.
Works
- Filumena MarturanoNeapolitan drama of a woman's secret motherhood and family deception
- Napoli Milionaria!Neapolitan comedy about wartime survival and black market dealings
- Sabato, Domenica e LunedìComedy exploring middle-class family life over a weekend
- The Great MagicDrama of illusion and magic in a middle-class household
- These Ghosts!Play about an old man haunted by his family's past