EDUARDO DE FILIPPO

Eduardo De Filippo (24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984) was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria. He represents the traditions of Neapolitan cooking. He wants real food on the stage, laid tables with different food, hot meat sauce, pasta, turkey, chicken, fish, onion omelette and fried onions, hot coffee, fruit etc...For him set designing must represents reality. Coffee is very important:  it is the symbol of little breaks of pleasure after a hard day of work, it is a relaxing moment taken to the daily weariness. To have a cup of coffee is also important to keep social relationship: you can have your cup with your friends and to consolidate your friendship.

1.            Eduardo de Filippo describes

a)     French cooking

b)    Neapolitan cooking

c)     Sicily cooking

d)    Spanish cooking

2.            Edoardo de Filippo's stages are

a)     full of every kind of home objects

b)    almost empty

c)     full of real food

d)    full of persons

3.            Edoardo de Filippo gives a lot of importance to

a)     the social role of tea

b)    the social role of coffee

c)     to stay alone

d)    to avoid friends