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Eduardo de Filippo

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Wednesday, May 7th 9:00 am, Federico II convention center - Via Partenope 36

 

Councillorship for Culture and Tourism - Municipality of Naples
University "Federico II"
Universal Forum of Cultures

 
This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Eduardo De Filippo's death, one of the most prestigious artists and intellectuals that Naples has counted and man of the theater considered among the greatest playwrights and performers of the XX century.
The City of Naples, Federico II University and the Foundation Universal Forum of Culture recall this figureand his art in a conference to be attended by some of the most distinguished scholars and connoisseurs of his work.
The Councillor for Culture and Tourism Nino Daniele said:
"Remembering the figure and work of Eduardo De Filippo, thirty years after his death in Naples is a fitting tribute to a great city but its the work of Eduardo deserves much more than a commemoration. We wanted to wish that the center of the celebrations of Eduardo there was a strong moment of reflection, because his work still calls us, with incredible force, to rethink our time, through the eyes of a man who, with his artistic production , was able to capture the tears of a world that was being transformed so impetuous, sometimes dramatically, dragging relations and values. "
 
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Who was Eduardo De Filippo

Coming from a show-business family, Eduardo de Filippo made his stage debut at age 5 playing the role of "Peppiniello" in his father's comedy "Miseria e Nobiltà". At 32 he formed his own stage company with his brother Peppino de Filippo and sister Tina de Filippo, and the three began making appearances in films, starting in 1933. The trio enjoyed success in both mediums, but broke up soon after World War II ended. De Filippo, who had begun directing films in 1940, began enjoying success as a director in the 1950s, turning out a string of light comedies, many based on his own plays.
Among de Filippo's most important works is Napoli Milionaria (1945; Naples Millionaire), a realistic drama about a family's involvement in the Italian black market. He followed this work with Questi fantasmi! (1946; Neapolitan Ghosts), a comedy in which a husband mistakes his wife's ever-present lover for a ghost. In 1946 de Filippo also wrote Filumena marturano (Filumena), in which a former prostitute obtains financial stability for her three offspring by successfully conning her lover—who is already engaged to a younger woman—into marriage. De Filippo continued his success in Italy with Le voci di dentro (1948; Inner Voices), in which a man mistakes for reality his dream in which a friend is murdered by neighbors. After learning of his folly, the dreamer is visited by the falsely accused neighbors, who accuse each other of plotting the crime. Shifting reality is also the premise of La grande magica (1949; Grand Magic), de Filippo's complex comedy about infidelity and faith. In this play an adulteress cuckolds her husband after vanishing as part of a magic show. When she fails to return, her husband is given a small box from which she can be produced if he trusts in her fidelity. Four years pass before the untrusting husband, convinced by the magician that only a few minutes have elapsed, decides to open the box. But before he has opened it, his wife reappears. The husband, however, prefers to believe that she is still inside the box.