The ghost of the Natali passed to San Lorenzo Maggiore: a theatrical itinerary in ancient Neapolis
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A journey back in time in the ancient Neapolis to meet the disturbing presences of the underground world of the Complex of San Lorenzo Maggiore.
On Saturday 6 January 2018 , to conclude the Christmas holidays, the theatrical itinerary The Ghost of Christmas Past will be staged in the evocative Monumental Complex of San Lorenzo Maggiore , a show organised by the cultural association NarteA, written and directed by Febo Quercia and starring Elisabetta Bevilacqua, Mario Di Fonzo, Sergio Del Prete, Fabiana Fazio and Valerio Napoli, assisted by the guides Matteo Borriello, Lina Toscano and Camilla Tripodi.
The Ghost of Christmas Past will lead the audience into the underground rooms of San Lorenzo Maggiore , where ancient Neapolis was located, and will introduce them to the disturbing presences that live in this world where past and present, but also Christianity and paganism, merge.
A journey in ancient Neapolis between the Cantata dei Pastori and the Christmas Carol
Febo Quercia was inspired, in fact, by the ideas expressed in Roberto De Simone's Cantata dei Pastori , which states that Christmas rituals belong to a pre-Christian ritual cycle, namely the cycle of winter festivals of pagan origin, during which exchanges and relationships with the underworld take place. And it is precisely in the period between December 8th and January 8th that, according to this belief, the relationship between the Christian and pagan worlds intensifies, which is why some disturbing and deformed presences from the demonic world appear in the nativity scene , such as figures equipped with dog-headed pastoral staffs, identified in classical iconography as the guardians and guides of souls.
One of these guardians, tasked with transporting the souls in purgatory from the earth, will present a gallery of ancient characters linked to Naples's past history , just as the Ghost of Christmas Past, recounted by Dickens in A Christmas Carol , does . Spectators will be drawn into this fascinating glimpse of time, passing through a well in the underground Neapolis, and will encounter historical figures such as Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca, Boccaccio, and Fiammetta , whose stories are linked in various ways to the holiday of Christmas.
Information on the show The ghosts of the past Christmas
When: Saturday 6 January 2018 at 19
Price tickets: 15 €
Where: Monumental Complex of San Lorenzo Maggiore, Piazza San Gaetano - 80138 Naples
Info and reservations: 3397020849; 3333152415
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