Poverty and Nobility | Miseria e NobiltÃ
A History of Neapolitan Drama in the Twentieth Century. Naples, the second half of the 19th century: impoverished Felice Sciosciamocca works as a scribe for illiterate people, while his friend Don Pasquale tries to take photographs for wealthy couples. Meanwhile, their wives fight in the apartment where the two live because it’s mortgaged, and the women don’t have money to pay the rent. Luckily, rich Count Eugenio, in love with the beautiful dancer Gemma, asks Pasquale and Felice to stage a farce for him. The father of Gemma, an enriched cook, wants to meet Eugenio’s family, but he knows that his birth father disapproves of his love affair with the dancer. So Eugenio transforms Don Felice Sciosciamocca into his uncle (the Prince of Casador), and Don Pasquale has to play the true father of Eugenio (Ottavio Favetti). The young count entrusts a false part to each family member, except for Felice’s second wife, Luisella. Count Eugenio cannot find a role for her. While Felice and Pasquale argue in the beautiful villa of Don Gaetano, Luisella bursts in and tries to foil Eugenio’s plan. Don Felice manages to fix the situation, and in the end, all is resolved.
Cast: Giovanni Mastrangelo, Massimo Risi (Director), Fortunato Cappelleri, Consiglia (Lia) Adelfi, Miro Marcelli, Mena Abagnale, Tonino Corsetti, Anna Pedalino, Sandra Marinelli, Mario Avigliano, Massimo Fulfaro, Riccardo Aloi, Erika Caturegli, Sandra Tornberg, Marco Piovesan, Ryan Newcom, Gianluca Di Stefano, Pierluigi Lantieri-
~~Costumes/Scenography/Light & Sounds/Supertitles:
Lia Adelfi, Gianfranco Cataldo, Erika Caturegli, Gianluca Di Stefano, Pierluigi Erbaggio, Daniela Henderson, Michael Hopper, Giovanni Mastrangelo, Alessia Risi. Federica Risi.
~~The translation of the play into English was done by:
Lia Adelfi, Erika Caturegli, Pierluigi Erbaggio.
~~ Back Stage Helping Crew:
Pasquale Aloi, Franco Bevione, Guido Borgna, Gianluca Di Stefano, Daniela D’Amico Henderson, Michael Hopper, Pierluigi Lantieri, Jack Manganiello, Ryan Newcom, Marco Piovesan.
