Filumena Marturano

Filumena
Written byEduardo De Filippo
Date premiered1946
Place premieredNaples
Original languageItalian
Neapolitan
SubjectAfter 35 years living together, Filumena is to be thrown over for a younger woman; pretense of death cures all
GenreComedy
SettingDomenico Soriano's house in Naples, Italy

Filumena Marturano (Neapolitan: [filuˈmɛːnə martuˈrɑːnə]; Italian: [filuˈmɛːna martuˈraːno]), sometime performed in English as The Best House in Naples, is a play written in 1946 by Italian playwright, actor and poet Eduardo De Filippo. It is the basis for the 1950 Spanish-language Argentine musical film Filomena Marturano, multiple Italian adaptations under its original title, and the 1964 film Marriage Italian Style.

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