Details

After 25 years Filumena is to be thrown over for a younger woman. She pretends to be dying, inveigling Domenico into a 'deathbed' marriage. When he proves the marriage null and void she informs him she has three grown sons - one of them his. After trying in vain to discover his son's identity he marries her. Filumena keeps the secret but will it all end in happiness.

Cast/Performers

Samantha Spiro (Filumena), Geoffrey Freshwater (Alfredo), Victoria Lloyd (Lucia / Teresina), Luke Norris (Riccardo), Emily Plumtree (Diana), Sheila Reid (Rosalia), Richard Riddell (Michele), Brodie Ross (Umberto), Edmund Wiseman (Nocella / Waiter), Clive Wood (Domenico)

Creatives/Company

Author: Eduardo de Filippo
Producer: Almeida Theatre
Translation: Tanya Ronder
Director: Michael Attenborough
Design: Rob Jones
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Sound: John Leonard