Miseria e nobilta (1987)
Directed by Enzo Sirna
Cast
Gaetano……….Bruno Napoletano
Gemma (figlia di Gaetano)……….Tina Messina
Luigino (figlio di Gaetano)……….Tony Rapanaro
Marchese Ottavio Favetti……….Paul Camenzuli
Eugenio (figlio di Favetti)……….Riccardo Serrano
Pasquale……….Luciano Pinto
Concetta (moglie di Pasquale)……….Carmela Briguglio
Pupella (figlia di Concetta)……….Claudia Vecchio
Felice……….Enzo Sirna
Luisella (amante di Felice)……….Franca Potalivo
Bettina (prima moglie di Felice e domestica di Gaetano)……….Ambra Marra
Peppeniello (figlio di Felice)……….Gianmarco Currado
Giacchino Castiello……….Mario Ambrosino
Vicienzo (servitore di Gaetano)……….Nick Cappa
Biase (servitore di Gaetano……….Carlo Cosentino
Facchini……….Carmelo Genovese
………………..Carlo Genovese
………………..Sandro Ambrosino
………………..Adam Pinto
Miseria e nobiltAi?? (1887) is perhaps the most successful play by Eduardo Scarpetta. In spite of its fairly predictable plot and certain stereotypes in its characterisation it is, nonetheless, a play with a considerable amount of sensitivity shown towards those characters from real life who must resort to their wits and sheer survival instinct in order to overcome hard times. In this case it is because of extreme poverty and hunger that some characters are forced into the pretension of wanting to appear different from what they really are, and we can only sympathise with them as Scarpetta no doubt intended. Above all, Scarpettaai??i??s aim was to entertain and, indeed, this play is full of thoroughly amusing situations which are brilliantly captured and developed by means of a racy and highly enjoyable dialogue which manages to involve the audience in the action on stage.