Emergency Exit

by Manlio Santanelli

Summary

Drama. Translated from the Italian by Anthony Molino and Jane House. Two eccentric squatters in an abandoned house wage psychological war with one another; the house is in Naples, in a desolate earthquake zone, and teetering on collapse. Reminiscent of Waiting for Godot , The Caretaker and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? , EMERGENCY EXIT lingers between hope and despair, nostalgia and cynicism, enjoyment of life and anticipation of a bad end.

"Santanelli's work is some of the finest I've seen in years. It is, indeed, extraordinary, intended for audiences who hunger for the rare and the beautiful."—Eugene Ionesco