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Large text on the left reads Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Take your seat. Quoted text along the bottom reads A splendid finale form Toronto Star, Simple, filling and hearty from the Globe and Mail and Soul-stirring enchantment from Intermission. In the centre, eight performers gather around a table and share a meal in a dining room stage set.

Jakob Ehman, Katarina Fiallos, Rose Napoli, Gordon S. Miller, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Michelle Giroux, Seana McKenna and Michael Wamara. Photo: David Hou.

Two performers on a theatre stage set as a vintage kitchen, with one sitting holding a newspaper while the other stands beside a table holding a hat.

Graham Abbey and Rose Napoli. Photo: David Hou.

Two performers stand at a kitchen worktable on a theatre stage, preparing food in a vintage kitchen setting.

Rose Napoli and Gordon S. Miller. Photo: David Hou.

By Eduardo de Filippo

In a new English version by Donato Santeramo and Antoni Cimolino

A Stratford Festival Commission

World Première Translation

Directed by Antoni Cimolino

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Passion, pride and pasta

In this comic masterpiece, a lively Neapolitan household is thrown into turmoil when a simmering marital rift between the family matriarch and her withdrawn husband comes to a boil. As emotions flare and generations clash, laughter and love guide the family toward reconciliation and a deeper understanding of one another.

Venue Capacity: 1,077 seats

Runtime: 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission and one 15-minute intermission*
*Run times are approximate

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Three performers on a theatre stage set as a vintage kitchen, with one seated and reading a newspaper while two others prepare food around a worktable.

From left: Rose Napoli, Jenna-Lee Hyde and Graham Abbey. Photo: David Hou.

Full-stage theatre scene set in a vintage kitchen, with six performers gathered around tables and an open doorway in the background.

From left: Rose Napoli, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Katarina Fiallos, Seana McKenna, Graham Abbey and Maher Sinno. Photo: David Hou.

Rose Napoli and Gordon S. Miller. Photo: David Hou.

A performer stands alone in a vintage kitchen stage set, holding a bowl in a doorway framed by warm evening light.

Rose Napoli. Photo: David Hou.

Two performers stand beside a dining table in a theatre stage set, with one using a walker in front of tall open doors.

David Collins and Rod Beattie. Photo: David Hou.

Eight performers gather around a table and share a meal in a dining room stage set.

From left: Jakob Ehman, Katarina Fiallos, Rose Napoli, Gordon S. Miller, Jenna-Lee Hyde, Michelle Giroux, Seana McKenna and Michael Wamara. Photo: David Hou.

A performer stands beside a dining table addressing another performer in a dining room set onstage, while others watch from their seats.

Members of the company. Photo: David Hou.

One performer sits in an armchair on a theatre stage while another stands behind with hands on the chairback, in a quiet, dimly-lit living room scene.

Seana McKenna and Graham Abbey. Photo: David Hou.

Peformers gather in a dining room stage set, with one performer kneeling center stage while others watch from around the room.

From left: Celia Aloma, Jakob Ehman, Katarina Fiallos, Emilio Vieira, Graham Abbey, Seana McKenna, Michael Wamara, Jenna-Lee Hyde and Gordon S. Miller. Photo: David Hou.