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Title:
THE SYNDICATE
By:
Eduardo de Filippo, Mike Poulton (Trans)
Format:
Electronic book text
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ISBN 10:
1408156911
ISBN 13:
9781408156919
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Publisher:
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date:
21 July, 2011
Series:
Modern Plays
Pages:
112
Description:
The Syndicate, or Il Sindaco Del Rione Sanita, is a witty dark comedy set in 1960s Naples. This new translation by Mike Poulton portrays De Filippo's classic combination of pathos with farce in a newly accessible and contemporary version.
Synopsis:
Smuggled out of Naples in his youth after stabbing a brutal night-watchman to death, Antonio Barracano returned home in the 1960s as a wealthy man. He used his newfound status to quash his murder conviction, and was soon feared but respected throughout the city. Don Antonio has made it his life's work to bring rough justice to the criminals of Naples who otherwise have no fear of the law. He rules the city's underbelly with a rod of iron.The play begins when a respectable but poor young man who has resolved to murder his father comes to Don Antonio for advice. The Neapolitan 'Godfather' emerges from the shadows to make the young man's father an offer he can't refuse. The comedy grows blacker as 'respectable' Naples collides with its criminal underworld. A dark comedy of pathos and farce by one of Italy's pre-eminent dramatists of the twentieth century, Eduardo De Filippo's The Syndicate (Il sindaco del rione Sanita) is made newly accessible and contemporary by this translation by Mike Poulton.
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UK
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Methuen Drama
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