Servant of Two Masters, The (Drama Classics)
- Full Length Play, Comedy, 18th Century
- 6M, 4F
- ISBN: 9781848421936
A classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- Time Period: 18th Century
- Target Audience: Senior, Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre
A classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written.
Disguising herself as her dead brother, Beatrice travels to Venice to find Florindo, the man responsible for his death. However, her servant, Truffaldino, enters into the pay of Florindo, and struggles to keep his two lives and masters separate.
Carlo Goldoni's play The Servant of Two Masters (Il servitore di due padroni) was written in the 1740s, though later revised by its author. It draws on the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte.
This English version in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is translated by Stephen Mulrine.
Disguising herself as her dead brother, Beatrice travels to Venice to find Florindo, the man responsible for his death. However, her servant, Truffaldino, enters into the pay of Florindo, and struggles to keep his two lives and masters separate.
Carlo Goldoni's play The Servant of Two Masters (Il servitore di due padroni) was written in the 1740s, though later revised by its author. It draws on the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte.
This English version in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series is translated by Stephen Mulrine.
Premiere Production:
1745.
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Room for Extras
