Emergency Exit
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Emergency Exit (1978) is a two-act play by Manlio Santanelli written originally in Italian as Uscita d'emergenza. It was Santanelli's first production in 1980 and made him famous as a playwright.[1]
Two squatters share an abandoned house in Naples. They are both unemployed, previously Cirillo had been a theatre prompter and Pacebbene was a sacristan. The house is in an area deserted after an earthquake and about to collapse.
Productions
Emergency Exit was first produced at the Teatro San Ferdinando in 1980, featuring Nello Mascia and Bruno Cirino. The play was performed in November 2013 at the Piccolo Bellini theatre in Naples, with Rino Di Martino and Ernesto Mahieux playing the two roles.[2]
