Raffaele Viviani
(actor, poet and playwright)
Been Born to Castellammare of Stabia January 9 th 1888, it showed since the first infancy his/her talent, taking part to numerous theatrical comedies. The passion for the theater was transmitted him by his/her/their father (also him named Raffaele), manager of the arena Margherita of Castellammare of Stabia, theater in which the poor men recited "Pulcinelli" of the time. On the edge of the failure, shortly after the birth of Raffaele, however, the family Viviani, because of a tributary sequestration, it was forced to move in Naples, where in 1893, thanks to the recovery of materials of scene escaped the sequestration, they built the theater "Masaniello." The theatrical debut of the Viviani, happened in 1892 to the "New St. Carlino", when "Papilluccio" (this way you/he/she had called child Raffaele) to few more than four years, he exhibited suit of a red fracchettino, beside his/her/their sister Luisella.
The writer and journalist Domenico Rea in a 1991 article published on "The Friday of Republic" the famous Viviani remembered with this breve but concise physical description:
"I saw an only time Viviani to I walk around his/her house of Course Vittorio Emanuele II. It was tall, dry, woody, skin and bones, the dry face, the flat-nosed nose, the flared mouth, the eyes as some cross-eyed ones, the hair ricciuti and woolly. It was elegant in papillon, handkerchief in the small pocket and white and black shoes. It walked with air guappesca, but it was the same a sad and noble plebeian gentleman."
The humble origins of the family Vivianis, strongly marked the life of Raffaele; sacrifices and difficulties were to the agenda, when, the premature disappearance of his/her/their father (Raffaele had as soon as 12 years), increased already subsequently the uncomfortable family conditions, the loss of the fatherly reference, he/she forced the scugnizzo to a forced maturity of head family. Raffaele deprived of the childhood owed believe by circumstance in the activity inherited by his/her/their father. Forced by the sense of the need, he/she succeeded with stubborn determination, to get a rapids artistic growth that he/she saw him/it author of the texts and very often also of the music of his/her comedies. The works of the Viviani, were appreciated in the most important theaters of Italy and big part of Europe. After a bright career, he extinguished March 22 nd 1950, to the 62 year-old age.
We list following some his/her
you notice theatrical masterpieces:
'Or vico (1917), Tuledo 'and night (1918), 'Nterr '' to 'Mmaculatella (1918), 'Or spusarizio (1919), Equestrian Circus Sgueglia (1922), 'Or done 'and chronicle (1922), Don Giacinto (1923), 'And piscature (1924), 'To music d '' and you blind (1928), 'To death 'and Carnival (1928), The last scugnizzo (1932).
Scarpetta, Eduardo and Viviani.
Viviani versatile artist, wrote also numerous dialect poetries, you inspire to real subjects of the life of district. Thanks to the extraordinary beauty of the Neapolitan dialect, the "Genius stabiese", he/she knew how to emphasize with unusual ability, some aspects typical of the social life of epoch. To make better the idea than said, we propose a poetry written by the Viviani in 1931 (Guide Publishers):
GUAGLIONE
Quanno pazziavo 'or strummolo, 'or smooth, 'and ffiurelle,
to ciaccia, to club and pìvezo, 'or juoco d '' and ffurmelle,
stevo 'int '' to capa retena 'and daughters 'and bona mother,
and me scurdavo 'or ssolito, ca me murevo 'and famma.
And comme us sfrenàvemo: lowered sempe 'and sweat!
'And mothers us minute lavaveno and fourth grade of times!
Done Giunchee cu 'to hemp 'ntrezzata, pe' ago' to pprete;
sagliute 'ncopp'a ll'asteche, p'annaria' cumete;
po' to sea us menàvemo spisso cu all 'and whipped creams;
and 'ncuollo us 'asciuttàvemo, without piglià malanne.
'And gguardie? sempe to tease her, pe' ago' secutatune;
but 'and vvotes grabbed us cu schiaffe and scuzzettune
and à house us purtavano: You, pate, ll'hè 'to 'mparà!
And not even 'and daughters lloros knew educà.
To dudece anne, to tridece, so much piezz '' and stucchiune:
ca no maies capévamo pecché sempe guagliune!
'To it drains us 'to we salted p '' arteteca and p '' to heat:
'or cchiù 'struvito, 'or maximum, it did 'to signature soy.
Po' gruosse, without studie, without art and without part, fernevano pe' perderse: femmene, wine, papers,
dichiaramente, appicceche; and sciure 'and giuventù
scurdate 'int'a nu jail, without puté ascì cchiù.
Pur'io pazziavo 'or strummolo, 'or smooth, 'and ffiurelle,
to ciaccia, to club and pìvezo, 'or juoco d '' and ffurmelle:
but, to dudece anne, to tridece, cu 'to famma and cu 'or ccapì,
dicette: Nun pò to be: life is it has from fernì.
Pigliaie nu ABC: My Rafele, ago' you!
And me mettette to race cu To, And, The, Or, U.
The Autonomous firm of Care Stay and Tourism of Castellammare of Stabia, in 1959, it made to erect in the town villa a bust in memory of Raffaele Viviani. The 11 April of the same year, the civic n.14 (his/her house natìa) was affixed to, of the then Slope II Marchese de Turris (actual 12, Viviani street), a headstone composed by the Free headmaster of bears, that performance:
In This House January 9 th 1888 they Had Life The Mask it is The Heart Of Mindful RAFFAELE VIVIANI STABIA.
In January 1962, the city of Castellammare of Stabia as I render to the career of his/her illustrious child, it entitled the aforesaid slope, that conducts to wide Marquis de Turris (city ancient center) from wide Peace to Raffaele Viviani. In times to us more neighbors you/he/she has been entitled him the IPSSAR (National Professional Institute for the Hotel Services and of the Ristorazione) of Castellammare whose Central Center is to the 23, Annunziatella street.
