Filumena is Eduardo de Filippos best-known work and arguably his finest comedy; drenched in Neapolitan atmosphere and full of entanglements at once romantic and cynical.Set in the balmy heat of late 1940s Naples; Filumena Marturano lies on her deathbed waiting to marry Domenico Soriano; the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five 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 brilliant; iron-willed woman has a few more surprises for him.With masterful ambiguity; de Filippo depicts his characters with subtlety and balance: is Filumena a simple; illiterate woman who wants to create respectability for her children; or a ferine; opportunistic prostitute? And will Domenico; the selfish aged gigolo; learn to repent and accept his responsibility to his past and his family? Eduardo de Filippo was one of Italys leading popular dramatists; a fearless social critic; a supreme man of the theatre; and a humane and compassionate writer. Exploring themes of motherhood; age and respectability; Filumena portrays de Filippos trademark moral optimism and affection for his characters which underscores the dramas humour.This new translation by Tanya Ronder is contemporary; fluent and accessible; and tackles de Filippos comedy with deftness and verve.
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