The Servant of Two Masters

Full-length
Classic Adaptation
4f, 5m, 4 gn

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 your audiences laughing at and loving our hapless hero.

Casting & Production

Casting

CHARACTERS

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

Scene:
The scene takes place in Venice, Italy