At the Mercadante Theater in Naples the show “I Miserabili” is staged in the national premiere, a theatrical transposition of the famous historical novel by Victor Hugo.
From April to 25 6 May 2018 will be staged at Mercadante Theater of Naples, in the national premiere, the show I Miserabili, theatrical transposition of the famous literary masterpiece of Victor Hugo.
To accomplish the arduous task of transporting in the theatrical language the historical-social novel by the French writer Victor Hugo and published in the 1862, the director Franco However, in the adaptation of Luca Doninelli. The role of the protagonist Jean Valjean will be played by Franco Branciaroli.
I Miserabili is undoubtedly one of the most representative works of the nineteenth century, considered a pillar not only of literature, but of mankind, like theOdyssey or of Divine Comedy.
Despite being set in Paris post Restoration, following the historical and political events that go from 1815 to 1833, at the same time I Miserabili è an ever present work, able to dialogue with every age and even with our times, characterized by universal concepts and that speaks of society, of revolution and of the human being in general.
Like the same Luca Doninelli he has declared: "The wretches are what lies beyond the third and fourth states, and represent the human in his nakedness: stripped not only of his earthly goods, but also of his values, from the ethical ones to the pure and simple dignity that there is given by being men ".
