Eduardo Scarpetta
Playwright, Author
1853 – 1925
Who was Eduardo Scarpetta?
Eduardo Scarpetta was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. Although not from a theatrical family, he was on the stage by the age of four and is today best remembered as the creator of a character that became his stage alter-ego: Felice Sciosciammocca, a typical, good-natured Neapolitan. The name "Sciosciammocca" translates from Neapolitan as "breath in mouth"—thus, with "Felice" the name conveys something like wide-eyed and perhaps a bit scatter-brained. The character was a break with the traditional portrayal of the Neapolitan streetwise Everyman and, as an implied stereotype, invites comparison to the well-known, darker historical Neapolitan "mask" of Pulcinella. The character appears prominently in Scarpetta’s best-known work, Miseria e Nobiltà from the year 1888. The work is well known, too, as a 1954 film featuring Neapolitan comic Totò as Felice Sciosciammocca; the film also features the young Sophia Loren. Scarpetta dedicated much of his early activity to translating into Neapolitan the standard Parisian farce comedy of the day, such as Hennequin, Meilhac, Labiche and Feydeau. His own original comedies comprise some 50 works.
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- Born
- Mar 13, 1853
Naples - Also known as
- E. Scarpetta
- Parents
- Spouses
- Rosa De Filippo
(1876/03/16 - )
- Rosa De Filippo
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 29, 1925
Naples
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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