Saturday, Sunday, Monday (2016)

By Eduardo de Filippo
Translated Linda Alper and Beatrice Basso
Direction by Carl Forsman

Set in Naples in 1959, Saturday, Sunday, Monday reflects three days in the lives of a postwar Italian family. During the traditional Sunday dinner, passions flare amidst a gathering of family and friends. Add two cups of generational conflict, a dash of lovers’ quarrel, and a heaping tablespoon of humor, and enjoy a meal you won’t forget. This fresh translation of an Italian classic will appeal to all the senses as the traditional ragù simmers on stage.

Eduardo de Filippo is considered one of the great Italian playwrights and is best known for his Neapolitan works. He was also an actor, screenwriter, author and poet. Filippo was born in Naples to a playwright and theatre seamstress and began a life in theatre at an early age. His 1973 London production of Saturday, Sunday, Monday starring Laurence Olivier won the London Drama Critics Award. In 1981 he was made a life senator of the Italian Republic.