They take la nona to the doctor for a medical opinion. He tries to convince Carmelo that la nona, may not pose an ongoing drain to their resources as, owing to her age, she might die suddenly. Chicho, unwilling to part with his life as the out of work artist, however, has other plans. The first, and most obvious, solution to the familyвЂ™s financial problems is for Chicho to find to work. Meanwhile, Marta goes out every night supposedly to work at a chemist, but is collected by a mysterious man in a Ford Falcon, a car typically associated with the secret police of the military junta of the 1970s. The play begins with CarmeloвЂ™s realisation that the family's income will not see them through until the end of the month. And then there is la nona, whose insatiable appetite is quite literally eating the family out of their house and home. Marta maintains the charade of working in a chemist, although this is a cover for her work as a prostitute.

Chicho is supposedly an artist, a composer of tangos, yet in reality he is a layabout who reads the newspaper in bed all day and makes no contribution to the finances of the household. Carmelo and Maria are parents to Marta forming the nuclear family who cohabit with CarmeloвЂ™s brother, Chicho, their unmarried aunt, Anyula, as well as their elderly grandmother, la nona.Д¬armelo runs a fruit stall, Maria tries to keep the family in order, assisted by Anyula, who is anxious to tend to every whim of her favourite nephew, Chicho. Three generations of an Italian immigrant family live under one roof. As the family heads towards ruin, they take extreme measures in their attempts to replenish the funds which are being leeched by the elderly womanвЂ™s voracious and insatiable appetite. 1977 First production date: 1977 Keywords: identity > class/social standing, identity > race, identity > ethnicity, family > brothers/sisters, family > patriarchy, identity > race, family > duty, family > parents and children, society > poverty PitchДЄ dysfunctional Italian immigrant family are being eaten out of their house and home by their grandmother. Titles English title: La nona Date written: c.

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