Playwrights and their stage works 

Raffaele Viviani

Italian actor, poet and playwright. Born Castellammare di Stabia 9th January, 1888: Died Naples 22 March, 1950

Plays

Unless otherwise indicated, the plays were first performed in Naples.

  1. 'O vivo (The Alley). Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, December 27, 1917.
  2. Tuledo 'e notte (Via Toledo at Night). Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, January 9, 1918.
  3. 'Mimiez' a Ferrovia. Play. Produced 1918.
  4. 'O bbuvero 'e Sant' Antuono. Play, 2 acts. Produced in 1 act, Teatro Umberto, September 12, 1918.
  5. Lo scugnizzo, o Via Partenope (The Street Urchin, or Via Partenope). Play. Produced Teatro Umberto, 1918.
  6. 'Nterr' a Mmaculatella. Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, September 27, 1918.
  7. Piazza Municipio. Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, November 9, 1918.
  8. Porta Capuana. Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, November 20, 1918.
  9. 'A Cantina 'e capp'o Campo. Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, December 14, 1918.
  10. II fatto de cronaca (The Newspaper Item). Play, 1 act. Produced Naples, Teatro Umberto, 1918; Catania, Teatro Sangiorgi, September, 1922.
  11. Caffe di notte e giorno (All-night Café). Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Umberto, January 26, 1919.
  12. Marina di Sorrento. Play. Produced 1919.
  13. Eden Teatro. Play, 2 acts. Produced Teatro Umberto, April, 1919.
  14. Lo sposalizio (The Wedding). (With Gennaro Pisano).Play, 2 acts. Produced 1919.
  15. Festa di Piedigrotta. Play, 2 acts. Produced Teatro Umberto, November 20, 1919.
  16. Caserta Benevento Foggia. (With Carlo Mauro). Play. Produced 1919.
  17. Campagna napolitana (Neapolitan Countryside). Play. Produced Teatro Umberto, autumn, 1919.
  18. Salita Tarsia (II palazzo innamorato). (With Carlo Mauro). Play. Produced 1919.
  19. La Bohème di Viviani (La Bohème dei comici). Play. Produced Teatro Umberto, 1920.
  20. Il cantastorie. (With Aniello Castagliola and Raffaele Chiurazzi). Play. Produced 1920.
  21. Circo equestre Sgueglia (Sgueglia Equestrian Circus). Play. Produced Teatro Bellini, February, 1922.
  22. E duie frate. (With Salvatore Ragosta). Play. Produced 1923.
  23. 'O bello guaglione. (With Salvatore Ragosta). Play. Produced 1923.
  24. Il re dei cuochi (King of the Cooks). Play. Produced 1923.
  25. Don Giacinto. Play, 1 act. Produced Teatro Bellini, November, 1923.
  26. La figliata (The Brood). Play, 2 acts. Produced Teatro Nuovo, 1924.
  27. Quello the iI pubblico non sa (What the Public Doesn't Know). (With M. Corsi and M. Salvini). Play. Produced 1924.
  28. Novantanove lupi (Ninety-nine Wolves). (With O. Castellino). Play; prologue, 3 episodes, and epilogue. Produced Genoa, March 13, 1925.
  29. 'E piscature (The Fishermen). Play. Produced Teatro Nuovo, August 11, 1925.
  30. Pezzecaglie. (With Ferdinando Paolied). Play. Produced 1926.
  31. 'E zingare (The Gypsies). Play. Produced February, 1926.
  32. Napoli in frack (Naples in Tails). Play. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, April 9, 1926.
  33. Fuori l'autore; L'Italia al Polo Nord (Except the Author; Italy at the North Pole). Play, 2 acts. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, July, 1926.
  34. La musica dei ciechi (Music of the Blind). Play, 1 act. Produced Rome, Teatro Adriano, March, 1927.
  35. Vetturini da nolo (Hired Cars). Play, 1 act. Produced Rome, Teatro Adriano, March, 1927.
  36. Tre amici, un soldo (Three Friends, One Penny). Play. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, April, 1927.
  37. Quando Napoli era Napoli (When Naples Was Naples). (With Diego Petriccione and Ragosta). Play. Produced 1927.
  38. La patente (The Patent). Play. Produced 1927. Adaptation based on Luigi Pirandello's play of the same name.
  39. La festa di Montevergine. Play. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, 1927.
  40. Putiferio. Play. Produced 1928.
  41. Morte di carnevale (Carnival Death). Play. Produced Florence, Politeama Nazionale, November, 1928.
  42. Nullatenenti (Have-nots). Play. Produced Teatro Mercadenti, winter, 1928.
  43. Parrocchiella (Parish). (With Mauro). Play. Produced 1929.
  44. Mastro di forgia (The Blacksmith). Play. Produced Rome, Teatro Margherita, October, 1930.
  45. Don Mario Augurio. Play. Produced Milan, April, 1931.
  46. Pensaci Giacomi (Think It Over, Giacomino). Play. Written 1931. Adaptation based on Pirandello's Pensaci Giacomino.
  47. Socrate secondo (With Pio De Flaviis). Play. Produced Milan, October, 1931.
  48. Guappo 'e cartone. Play. Produced Padua, Teatro Garibaldi, January 12, 1932.
  49. L'ultimo scugnizzo (The Last Street Urchin). Play. Produced Bari, Teatro Piccinni, December, 1932.
  50. L'imbroglione onesto (The Honest Swindler). Play. Produced Florence, Teatro La Pergola, December 15, 1932.
  51. I vecchi di San Gennaro (The Old People of San Gennaro). Play. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, March 23, 1933.
  52. II numero 19529 (No. 19529). (With De Flaviis). Produced Naples, Teatro dei Fiorentini, January 27, 1934.
  53. L'autore (The Author). Play. Produced Milan, December, 1934.
  54. Lanterna cieca (The Dark Lantern). Play. Produced Teatro dei Fiorentini, April 16, 1935.
  55. L'ombra di Pulcinella (The Shadow of Pulcinella). Play, 2 acts. Produced Milan, Teatro Odeon, September 20, 1935.
  56. Ultima Piedigrotta. Play. Produced Venice, Teatro Goldoni, Oct. 16, 1935.
  57. Mestiere di padre (The Profession of Fatherhood). Play. Published 1939. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni, November 13, 1935.
  58. Sartoria romano (Roman Tailor). (With Mauro). Play. Produced Milan, Teatro Manzoni, November 30, 1935.
  59. La tavola dei poveri (The Table of the Poor). Play, 2 acts. Produced Naples, Teatro Bellini, March, 1936. Revision of a 1-act play (1931).
  60. Quel tipaccio di Alfonso (That Rascal Alfonso). Play. Produced Rome, Teatro Eliseo, November 12, 1936.
  61. Quel pazzo sono io (What a Madman I Am). (With Ragosta). Play. Produced 1937.
  62. Padroni di barche (Masters of Ships). Play. Produced Turin, Teatro Carignano, December 12, 1937.
  63. A vele gonfie (With Full Sails). Play. Produced 1938.
  64. La commedia della vita (The Comedy of Life). Play. Produced 1940.
  65. Siamo tutti fratelli (We Are All Brothers). Play. Produced Genoa, Teatro Margherita, October, 1941.
  66. Muratori (Bricklayers). Play. Written 1942.
  67. L'anello nuziale (The Wedding Ring). Play. Written1942. Adaptation based on Rocco Galdieri's Aniello a ffede.
  68. I dieci comandamenti (The Ten Commandments). With Vittorio Viviani.Play. Written 1947.
  69. I sette peccati (The Seven Sins). Play. Written 1949.
  70. Cavalli e asini (Horses and Donkeys). Fragment.
  71. Trovare un posto (To Find a Place). Fragment.


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