Details

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. World Premiere (Minerva, Chichester)

Cast/Performers

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)

Creatives/Company

Author: Eduardo De Filippo
Adapted by: Mike Poulton
Corporate Sponsor: John Wiley & Sons
Producer: Minerva Theatre Chichester
Director: Sean Mathias
Design: Angela Davies
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Sound: Fergus O'Hare
Music: Jason Carr