Italianowith
Vito Cesaro
Denny Mendez / Giuliana Meli (ed. 2022)
and
Massimo Pagano / Marco Reggiani (ed. 2022)
Claudio Lardo
Christian Salicone
Filippo D'Amato / Dominique Barra (ed. 2022)
from the homonymous dramma satiresco by
Ettore Romagnoli
freely adapted by
Vito Cesaro
original soundtrack
Roberto Marino
costumes
Maria Marino
choreography
Marina Ansalone
scenery
PA.CE.VA
produced by
Assoteatro
director assistant
Raffaella Cesaro
light design
Rino Paraggio
props
Tommaso Lanaro
logistics
Colpo di scena
executive producer
Ilaria Valitutto
directed by
Vito Cesaro
Trailer (2')
Foto di scena
Cèrilo (Claudio Lardo), a rich Sicilian gentleman, is in love with Asteria (Denny Mendez), daughter of the Prince of Gela, Anticlo. The woman is the most beautiful in Sicily, but at the same time haughty, so much so that she considers all men unworthy of her to the point of swearing: "I will only marry a God or will I become a priestess". Cérilo does not want to give up his love and asks for help from Fliace (Vito Cesaro), director of a shabby company of wandering comedians (Massimo Pagano, Christian Salicone and Filippo D'Amato); with their complicity, he hatches a plan to kidnap the woman.
This dramma satiresco (satyric drama) can be traced back to the sphere of Dionysus' cult, he is the god of ecstasy, wine, intoxication and liberation of the senses; the ancient comedy was characterized by the fairly simple structure in which the choir was made up of elements disguised as goat satyrs who moved on the stage alternating moments of theatrical acting with moments of lively dance called sikinnis. In a happy symbiosis, the dramma satiresco presented the structure of the tragedy and the farcical color of the comedy. There are burlesque and grotesque aspects. The original text, like other theatrical texts of the early 1900s, was in rhymes. The adaption work, respecting the original text, has made it smoother, faster, sometimes surreal, with closing comic lines that shift the axis from rhyming drama to brilliant comedy.
S.Maria C.Vetere (CE)
Anfiteatro Campano
July, 22nd 2022
Sutri(VT), Anfiteatro
Parco archeologico
July, 21st 2022
Volterra (PI), Teatro Romano
Parco archeologico
July, 20th 2022
Opera (MI), Cinema Teatro Eduardo
*POSTPONED - due to CoViD19*
January, 29th 2022
Roma, Teatro Tor Bella Monaca
*POSTPONED - due to CoViD19*
January, 19th to 20th 2022
Firenze
*POSTPONED - due to CoViD19*
January, 8th and 9th 2021
Osoppo (UD), Teatro della Corte
October, 24th 2021
Roma, Teatro degli Audaci
October, from 14th to 17th 2021
Battipaglia (SA), Teatro sociale "Aldo Giuffré"
September, 26th 2021
Portigliola (RC), Teatro Greco Romano
(Festival del Teatro Classico "Tra Mito e Storia")
August, 8th 2021
Grottole (MT)
August, 6th 2021
Gela (RC)
*POSTPONED - due to CoViD19*
August, 4th 2021
S.Croce Camerina (RG), Parchi Archeologici
di Kamarina e Cava d'Ispica
*POSTPONED - due to CoViD19*
August, 5th 2021
Roccagloriosa (SA), Area archeologica
August, 1st 2021
Teano (CE),Teatro Romano Teanum Sidicium
(Teatri di Pietra)
July, 31st 2021
