The local authority
By: Eduardo de Filippo ; translated by Carlo Ardito
Contributors: Ardito, Carlo, translator; De Filippo, Eduardo, 1900-1984
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London]
Language: eng
Work titles: Sindaco di rione Sanita
Description: When the court system is corrupt, where can people turn for justice? In a small town in Napoli - the setting for 'The Local Authority' - justice rests in the hands of the local mafia, on Antonio Barracano. But when Antonio is shot during the mediation of a dispute, he must struggle in his final hours to prevent a blood-feud from erupting after his death. Written in 1960, 'The Local Authority' was first performed in England in 1979.
Notes: Previously issued in print: in Four plays. London: Methuen Drama, 1998.

Translated from the Italian.