- Find similarities and differences between Peppino and
Eduardo De Filippo
- Produce a short essay (in English) on the career of
Peppino De Filippo on television.
- Which characters did Peppino de Filippo embody?
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a cura di ITIS
A.Einstein - Rome. Supervisors: Brunella
Pellegrini Paola Ebranati
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Pre-reading
questions: |
activities |
- who was Eduardo De Filippo?
- why was he famous all over the world?
- what tradition did he come from?
- what was his most famous production?
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- in groups of threes, select a highly emotional
passage from Filumena Marturano and act it out in three different
registers.
- record your performance (1 minute each)
- convert the video in .asf format and upload it on
this page
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While - reading
questions: |
- Can you sum up Eduardo's ideas about what theatre
should be like?
- Can you trace any similarity between Shakespeare's
and Eduardo's notion of drama?
- What dramatic techniques are most common is Eduardo'd
plays?
- Can you list the basic themes in Eduardo's plays?
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manipulating
text:
- in groups of threes select a passage from a play by
Eduardo where Pirandello-like themes are covered
- select a passage where such themes are made explicit.
- re-write the passage in your own words.
- perform the equivalent in English
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