Overview
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
Reviews
“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
