Captivi, a show that tells a dark page of Neapolitan history made of violence and slavery, on stage at the Pio Monte della Misericordia
It will be on stage Sunday 24 November 2013 at Pio Monte della Misericordia of Naples, the famous Neapolitan charity institution, the show Captivi, organized by the Cultural Association NarteA.
Captivi is a traveling show that aims to sensitize to the theme of violence, torture and slavery, shedding light on a dark and forgotten page of Neapolitan history. The performance will be held on the occasion of the World Day against violence against women scheduled for November 25, to demonstrate NarteA's adhesion to the celebrations of this important anniversary.
The story told by the piece transports the viewer back in time, to the age of looting and devastation in the Mediterranean by Turkish pirates who plundered Southern Italy, especially the city of Naples. Women and children were captured and made prisoners and forced to live in inhumane conditions, waiting for a ransom, often sold in African maritime "squares".
It was just the Pio Monte della Misericordia, historical location chosen for the staging of the show, to undertake to free the "captives", that is the Christian slaves imprisoned and tortured by infidels, through the Work of the Redemption of Captivi.
On stage three actors, Serena Pisa, Stefano Ferraro and Antimo Casertano, and the guide Alessia Zorzenon, which will lead the public on this journey in the past of the city of Naples and the artistic and charitable works of the Pio Monte della Misericordia, crossing the evocative rooms of the historic apartment, the precious Quadreria, admiring paintings and sketches by Francesco De Mura, a Neapolitan artist of the eighteenth century, and other famous Italian and foreign painters from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, including Ribera, Giordano, Pitloo, Stanzione, Vaccaro, Francanzano, Santafede, van Somer.
Information on the show Captivi
When: Sunday 24 November from 10: 30
Price tickets: 15 euro (book in advance)
Where: Pio Monte della Misericordia, via dei Tribunali 253, Naples
Info and contacts: 339 7020849; 334 6227785
Photo | edited by Marco Venezia, NarteA
