Gente di Facili Costumi - Flavio Insinna, Giulia Fiume

Staged for the first time in 1988, with the same Nino Manfredi in the role of the protagonist, this text is still considered one of the most striking to appear on the Italian theatrical scene in recent decades. The protagonists of the play are Anna - stage name "Principessa" - a disorderly and noisy prostitute who dreams of becoming a "carousel operator" and Ugo, the tenant of the floor below, an intellectual who manages to write for TV and cinema but dreams of making art films. The story begins on the night when Ugo goes upstairs to complain to his roommate, who returning late at night and turning on the record player had woken him up, and she, in confusion, left the tap of the bathtub open, irreparably flooding his apartment. Ugo will therefore be forced, also due to an eviction, to find refuge with the "Principessa". With this forced cohabitation, a confrontation/clash begins, punctuated by incidents and misunderstandings, but also a curious partnership, where each shares what they have with the other. Their mutual positions soften gradually as it becomes clear that the meeting was not just between two opposite lives, but above all between two seemingly unattainable dreams. From the encounter between Anna and Ugo arises a whirlwind of disasters, misunderstandings, hilarity and melancholy fully in line with the image that their author, Nino Manfredi, has left in the memory of each of us.
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