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Il teatro di Eduardo de Filippo 

http://www.educational.rai.it/scuolaindiretta/lab2000/contributi_scuole/benevento2/Teatro/Doc/de%20filippo.htm

http://defilippo.freeweb.supereva.it/edteatro/indice.htm?p

[ Eduardo De Filippo]
  • 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?
a cura di ITIS A.Einstein - Rome. Supervisors:  Brunella Pellegrini Paola Ebranati
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?
  • 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
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?
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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