{"product_id":"9781408156902","title":"Syndicate","description":"\u003ch3\u003eModern Plays\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSyndicate\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEduardo De Filippo | Mike Poulton\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrama \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmuggled out of Naples in his youth after stabbing a brutal night-watchman to death, Antonio Barracano returned home in the 1960s as a wealthy man. He used his newfound status to quash his murder conviction, and was soon feared but respected throughout the city. Don Antonio has made it his life's work to bring rough justice to the criminals of Naples who otherwise have no fear of the law. He rules the city's underbelly with a rod of iron.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe play begins when a respectable but poor young man who has resolved to murder his father 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dark comedy of pathos and farce by one of Italy's pre-eminent dramatists of the twentieth century, Eduardo De Filippo's \u003ci\u003eThe Syndicate \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eIl sindaco del rione Sanità\u003c\/i\u003e) is made newly accessible and contemporary by this translation by Mike Poulton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEduardo de Filippo \u003c\/b\u003e(1900-1984)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Neapolitan actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet. His best known works include \u003ci\u003eNapoli Milionaria, Filumena\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Saturday, Sunday and Monday\u003c\/i\u003e. He is regarded as one of Italy's greatest dramatists. \u003cb\u003eMike Poulton \u003c\/b\u003ehas had a number of highly successful versions of classic works of drama and literaure produced, including Turgenev's \u003ci\u003eFortune's Fool \u003c\/i\u003e(which won a Tony in New York)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eSchiller's\u003ci\u003e Don Carlos, \u003c\/i\u003eIbsen's \u003ci\u003eRomersholm \u003c\/i\u003eand a stage version of Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 March 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781408156902\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e112\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331347644556,"sku":"9781408156902","price":16.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d907c7bf-d2a2-4b45-8234-02b74d8b1154.jpg?v=1783596044","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781408156902","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}