Letter from Naples.

THEATER; DE Filippo, Eduardo, 1900-1984; NAPOLI Milionaria (Theatrical production); CITIES & towns

NAPLES (Italy); ITALYReport Available

The article gives a brief insight of the Italian city of Naples. Naples is rich in artists, in almost every field. Neapolitans write the songs of the nation-and Northern Italian song writers study Neapolitan glossaries to get on the band wagon. But the real Napolean genius lies in the theatre and the tradition is almost as old as the city itself. The current heir to this tradition is Eduardo De Filippo, art actor, born of actors, and a playwright and director of great talent. His Napoli Milionaria, written shortly after the war, described-in comedy as bitter as unripe fruit-the wild, black-market era of the American occupation.