What a great show it was last night at our local theatre (Teatro Academico) and our brilliant amateur theatrical company with our own playwrights in a Comedia Esilarante (=farce) with a semi-Gianni Schicchian theme!
Ps For seeing plays in Italy do note the following terms used:
Commedia = serious play
Commedia brillante = comedy
Commedia esilarante = farce
Commedia all’italiana = Italian style play
Commedia romantica = love play
Commedia nera = black humour play
Commedia erotica all’italiana = erotic play
Commedia drammatica = drama
Genere comico – farce
PPS I played Scrooge in the same company’s Italian version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in 2016. See
From London to La Costa (and Lucca and Beyond) Part Three 