Full-Length (120+ Min.)
Adaptation
4W, 5M, 4 Any

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The Servant of Two Masters


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Synopsis

Identities are mistaken, engagements are broken, and lovers are reunited in this new adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s commedia dell’arte masterpiece. Set in Venice, mayhem erupts when the wily—and chronically hungry—servant Truffaldino hatches a zany scheme to double his wages (and his meals) by serving two masters at once. This physical comedy classic will have you laughing at and loving our hapless hero.

Casting & Production


Casting

PANTALONE DE’ BISOGNOSI

CLARICE, HIS DAUGHTER

DOTTORE LOMBARDI

SILVIO, HIS SON

BEATRICE, FROM TORINO, DISGUISED AS A MAN, UNDER THE NAME OF FEDERIGO RASPONI

FLORINDO ARETUSI, FROM TORINO, IN LOVE WITH HER

BRIGHELLA, INNKEEPER

SMERALDINA, CLARICE’S MAID

TRUFFALDINO, SERVANT OF BEATRICE, THEN OF FLORINDO

A SERVANT OF THE INN

A SERVANT OF PANTALONE

TWO PORTERS, SERVANTS OF THE INN


Setting

The scene takes place in Venice, Italy

Media

"The Servant of Two Masters is an anachic delight...Alive in the best sense...A Spontaneous creation that leaps far from the page and fully into the realm of performance...Motion, lust, relentlessness, and humor."

- Houston Chronicle