The Servant Of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni

Name: The Servant Of Two Masters
Brand: Carlo Goldoni
SKU: 9780573618970
Rating: 3.83 (2383 reviews)

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120 minsPresent DayStrong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsPeriod CostumesItalian Adaptation Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers are generally thrilled with Carlo Goldoni's 'The Servant of Two Masters', finding it a humorous and entertaining classic. Many appreciate the play's chaotic comedy and the character of Truffaldino, which brings a lively charm to the story. Some readers, while enjoying the play overall, note moments of confusion in the plot and character names as minor drawbacks.

Hilarious and entertainingGreat character like TruffaldinoA fun read for all agesSomewhat confusing at times

Synopsis

Silvio wants to marry Clarice who has to marry Signor Federigo who’s really Beatrice in disguise who’s come to Turin to find her love Florindo and the whole sorry mess is about to get a whole lot sorrier when Florindo and Beatrice both unknowingly hire the same servant—the brilliantly useless Truffaldino of Bergamo… who’s in love with Clarice’s servant Smeraldina.

Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters is one of the masterpieces of commedia dell’arte, and Nick Enright and Ron Blair’s adaptation has become something of an Australian classic in its own right.

Press Reviews

"Nothing short of brilliant…SERVANT does commedia proud! Gags, wisecracks, sly sexual references, acrobatics…this is the real thing!” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “A circus of styles tumbling backwards, forwards and sideways…full of ancient, hooting laughs zapped together with up-your-alley anachronisms. Shower flowers on director Paolo Landi and Jeffrey Hatcher for their re-working of the eighteenth-century Italian script. Broad, bold, whacked-out and wild! A tour-de-farce! Unforgettable, undiminished delight!"
— Milwaukee Weekly

"A laugh riot… Servant takes slapstick, errors comedy and a dash of improvisation, puts them in a blender and churns them together to make you laugh."
— The Tallahassee Democrat

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Clarice Pantalone’s daughter	female	—	Pantalone’s daughter
Dr. Lombardi A lawyer	—	—	A lawyer
Silvio Lombardi’s son	—	—	Lombardi’s son
Beatrice Rasponi	—	—	—
Florindo Aretusi Beatrice’s lover	—	—	Beatrice’s lover
Brighelia An innkeeper	—	—	An innkeeper
Smeraldina Maidservant to Clarice	—	—	Maidservant to Clarice
Truffaldino Servant to Beatrice and Florindo	—	—	Servant to Beatrice and Florindo
Nicki A waiter	—	—	A waiter
Vittorio A waiter (Also doubles as a porter)	—	—	A waiter (Also doubles as a porter)
Pantalone A Venetian merchant	—	—	A Venetian merchant

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Available Editions

Format	Publisher	Year	Pages	ISBN-13	Price
Paperback · Louise, trans.	Samuel French	—	—	9781566635363	£7.95
Paperback	Broadway Play Publishing	2004	72	9780822218470	£8.68
Paperback	Broadway Play Publishing	2006	94	9780881453232	£11.76
Paperback · UK ed.	Currency Press	2010	70	9780868198811	£13.99
Paperback · Cone	Samuel French	2003	94	9780573618970	£15.97