The Syndicate - Il Sindico Del Rione Sanita
From: Thursday, 21st July 2011
To: Saturday, 20 August 2011
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Synopsis
Honest young Antonio Barracano stabs a brutal night-watchman to death. With the help of a ‘Godfather’ he is smuggled out of Naples to hide in New York. Convicted of the murder in his absence but safe overseas, he quickly acquires wealth and a reputation for ruthlessness. Returning to Naples, he uses his new status to quash his conviction and is soon feared but respected throughout the city, making it his life’s work to provide a form of rough justice for the criminals of Naples who have no other access to law. He rules the Naples underbelly with a rod of iron but when a respectable but poor young man decides to murder his father and comes to Don Antonio for advice, the Neapolitan ‘Godfather’ emerges from the shadows to make the young man’s father an offer he can’t refuse. The comedy grows blacker as ‘respectable’ Naples collides with its criminal underworld.
Our Review:
3 August 2011
Eduardo De Filippo is one of the many playwrights with a stellar reputation in their own lands who has failed to capture popular imagination in Britain – although his plays do get the occasional airing over here.
Ian McKellen, who appeared at the National in Napoli Milionara 20 years ago, returns to Chichester after a 40-year gap to play the ageing Don.
The play, a mixture of King Lear and The Godfather, takes place in a day in the life of Don Antonio Barracano, the local padrone. Bolstered by the wealth gathered from a career in organised crime in the US (fleeing Naples after committing what he calls a justified murder) he acts as moral guardian and unofficial arbiter of the region.
McKellen is excellent as Don Antonio, jogging and air-boxing in his gown to keep the stresses of his 75 years at bay. There's no rage in his voice but the unmistakable menace when he warns of a reception committee in New York leaves no-one in doubt...
Cast
Jane Bertish (Immacolata)
Margaret Clunie (Geraldina/Vincenza)
Philip Correia (Gennario/Peppe)
Oliver Cotton (Arturo Santaniello)
Mark Edel-Hunt (AmedeoZibacchiello)
David Foxxe (Pascale Nasone)
Annie Hemingway (Rita)
Cherie Lunghi (Donna Almida)
Ian McKellen (Antonio)
Brendan O'Hea (Vicienzo Cuozzo)
Michael Pennington (Doctor Fabio Della Ragione)
David Shaw-Parker (Catiello/Luigi)
Janet Spencer-Turner (Nasone's wife)
Michael Stevenson (Palummiello)
Michael Thompson (Nait)
Creative
Eduardo De Filippo (Author)
Mike Poulton (Adaptation)
John Wiley & Sons (Corporate Sponsor)
Minerva Theatre Chichester (Producer)
Sean Mathias (Director)
Angela Davies (Design)
Tim Mitchell (Lighting)
Fergus O'Hare (Sound)
Jason Carr (Music)
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