Meet Mariangela D'Abbraccio and Paolo Graziosi in The Duchess of Amalfi. The action takes place in the early years of the sixteenth century in Amalfi, Rome and Milan. The drama tells of an episode of Webster crime that took off echo time, which occurred in the scenery of the Amalfi Coast at the end of fifteenth century in one of the greatest noble families of Italy. The Duchess Giovanna of Aragon, widow of the young Duke of Amalfi it inherits from the regency, he falls in love the plebeian Antonio Bologna, administrator of his property. The Duchess marries him and he has three children, unbeknownst to her two brothers, his twin brother Ferdinand Duke of Calabria and the Cardinal. At a later time for a trivial hiccup the news reached the ears of two ruthless brothers, sparking the ire of both, and a spiral of savage and sadistic violence, to complete the savage tale of blood and brotherly hatred, is the Daniel De Bosola mercenary, ex-convict in the service of Cardinal, "deus ex machina" of events, introduced as a spy in the house of the Duchess ... Director's note: For more than thirty years "The Duchess of Malfi" by John Webster was not represented in our country, with productions and major companies. This long absence from the scene combined with the power of story full of suspense, betrayal, intrigue, and crime and depth of analysis of human events, it led us to work in this great work of the Elizabethan theater. Webster is the text of the exotic dish of the fears of contemporary society's moral attitude in the face of women, and the nature of the abuse and murder. Today, we give a reinterpretation of the classic work by recognizing the metaphor of our obsessions, the same violence that reigns in our society, especially against women, and read a universal value that transcends the interest localistic for the news story. These important characteristics may justify the search for modernity even in theatrical style, mixing tradition and innovation in the adaptation and dramaturgy in the choice of languages, in line with the trends of contemporary theatrical culture. (Consuelo Barilari)
Source: Naples Today
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