The company I Legnanesi was born as a joke in 1949, in an oratory of Legnano, on the initiative of a group of friends led by Felice Musazzi (Parabiago 1921-Legnano 1989).
The exclusively male nature of the company is due to an ancient ecclesiastical ban that prevented to the women to act together with men, so that women's roles were interpreted by the same men in disguise.
The I Legnanesi became famous interpreting some stories of the country, told in dialect from characters taken from life in homes court of the province of Lombardy: «The handrail runs in our soul», says a their famous adage.
Many critics awards, and above all the great appreciation of television public, have consecrated the success of the company, today the cornerstone of the Italian dialect theatre.