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BEFORE THE WAR due Giuseppe Manfridi

BEFORE THE WAR
(Prima della Guerra)
by Giuseppe Manfridi
Direction: Roberto Marafante
Cast: Maria Sansonetti, Stefano Marafante, Daniele Ruzzier
Set: Massimo Marafante
Costumes: Maria Paradiso
Music: Antonio di Pofi
Light Design: Roberto de Rubis

What happens to the Greek soldiers hidden into the horse, while in Troy the citizens are deciding whether to let it enter the town? “Before the War” tells the story of those moments of waiting before the final assault. A metaphor of war and fear written by one of the most important Italian playwright of the last generation.
Reviews:
“… Roberto Marafante’s direction manages to assemble an “interior” of men at war with the charm of a Plato’s cave.”
Rodolfo di Giammarco – La Repubblica, 23rd December 1989
“Manfridi’s text benefits by Roberto Marafante’s direction”
Stefania Chinzari – L’Unità, 2nd December 1989
“ … it is a strange result: something like a nightmare, unbearable yet bewitching, with the audience yearning for it to end”
Il Messaggero, 6th December 1989
“… Roberto Marafante’s direction is careful and passionate”
Maricla Boggio – Avanti, 4th December 1989
“… nearly one hour of dramatic pathos.”
Paolo Scotti – Il Giornale, 2nd December 1989
“… a childish and unrelenting hiding game, with effects which recall death.”
Angelo Pizzuto – Sipario, January 1990

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