Eduardo De Filippo

Mariano d'Amora (Istituto Universitario Orientale di NAPOLI)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 24 May 1900
Died 31 Oct 1984
Activity 1920-1984

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

De Filippo's Works

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The director, actor, and playwright Eduardo De Filippo is so well known and so important for Italian theatre that he is usually referred to only as Eduardo. In 1932 he formed a theatre company,

La compagnia del Teatro Umoristico I De Filippo

, with his brother Peppino and sister Titina. Peppino left the company in 1944 due to his difficult relationship with Eduardo, while Titina died in 1963; Eduardo later changed the name of the company to

Il teatro di Eduardo.

As an actor, Eduardo had a natural feeling for the stage. His silences were sometimes more eloquent than his words, and his

afasia

was the distinctive element that brought an innovation to Italian stage comedy. As a playwright, he is regarded as the father of modern Neapolitan theatre because with his work this dramatic tradition…

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Citation: d'Amora, Mariano. "Eduardo De Filippo". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 May 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1178, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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