As many friends of our beloved island of Kefalonia know the world wide hit novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" by renown author Louis de Bernieres was made into a Hollywood class movie in Sami and many other locations exclusively in Kefalonia in the Summer of the year 2000!
In the movie of the same title that hit the world's cinemas in 2001 the known stars were Nicolas Cage, John Hurt and Irini Papa...Two more Hollywood superstars also emerged from our movie: Penelope Cruz and Christian Bale!
However, it seems that "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" didn't bring luck only to Louis de Bernieres, the participants and the stars of the movie.
Almost two decades later "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" was adopted for the theatrical stage by award winner Rona Munro and directed by award winner Melly Still. The play went on tour in the UK in 2019 before being performed in London's prestigious theatrical hub West End!
Covering the great news of this new theatrical adaptation to the Kefalonian public I remember the newsworthy impact that was made when the wonderful actor playing Captain Corelli, Alex Mugnaioni, announced the sad news that he lost his valuable 129 year old mandolin while traveling on a train in London.
Despite the above mishap the theatrical adaptation of "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" went on to achieve great success performing in the UK and making our beloved island of Kefalonia famous once again in Britain and all around the world!
Spiros Kagadis
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