Paperback not available for purchase. Translated and Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, The Servant of Two Masters: A Comedy by Carlo Goldoni, Adapted by And that is a really interesting argument. I also wonder, in the case of the Gross/Young adaptation, whether it was done by sitting in a room with the original and their brains, or whether there was some improvisational work with the actors (or some of the actors) leading to a script.

There’s something really funny about watching a translation of a play that’s a transcription of an improvisational performance. Two swinging doors, a table, and two trunks. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. preview full script. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This production was interesting. It played on the standard commedia characters, and on stock characters from our own time, mixed with references both current and old (the Ashland production was set in a time that is clearly eighteenth century, but one of economic upheaval, recession, and electricity, however spotty). Now he must hold everything together without exposing his scam and woo his love interest, spicy Smeraldina, all at the same time. The Servant of Two Masters translated and adapted by Bonnie J. Monte Productions (17) Classic Comedy | 120 - 145 minutes 3 f, 6 m, 2 either (11-13 actors possible: 3-5 f, 6-10 m) Set: Various locations in Venice, Italy. I read one translation, skimmed a second, and watched a third, and all of them are loose translations: adaptations, really, in the vein of commedia. Guest Post: Andrea Humez — The magic of illusion, Guest Post: Andrea Humez — Ruminations on the Obvious, Ashland, 2010 « Playwright in the Second Row. The other man wanted improvisation, mask work, and the tropes and instant recognition represented by stock characters. Read the full script online, with an AustralianPlays.org subscription. I wish I could read the original to see how it compares. It managed to inhabit a time that was both now and historical, and was very funny. True commedia dell'arte is more or less improvised without a script, so Servant of Two Masters is not true commedia. It involved a lot of mask work and a lot of broad character sketching. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Meanwhile, Beatrice and Florindo pine for each other, desperately seeking one another in Venice. Erin Panttaja is a playwright living in the Bay Area. Before Goldoni, and in general, Commedia Dell’Arte was/is an improvisational form built up of stock characters. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Something is always going to be lost in translation. ( Log Out /  THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Nick Enright, Ron Blair. This commedia dell’arte masterpiece, hilariously adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, promises laugh-out-loud mayhem that shouldn’t be missed!

The stock characters were used as guides for the actors improvising. Tracy Young at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Tagged as Ashland, Carlo Goldoni, Commedia Dell'Arte, Servant of Two Masters. Carlo Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters

read extract production rights. I am very excited to say that my play “If you have to go there” is going to be part of City Lights’ “Lights up!” fe…. David Turner and Paul Lapworth, Performance of The Servant of Two Masters adapted by Oded Gross and THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Nick Enright, Ron Blair. ( Log Out /  I also wonder, in the case of the Gross/Young adaptation, whether it was done by sitting in a room with the original and their brains, or whether there was some improvisational work with the actors (or some of the actors) leading to a script. List of Characters: Pantalone Dei Bisognosi - A Venetian merchant (Based on Pantalone). He wanted scripts, realism, social commentary (though the early versions of Servant had scenes that were blocked out for improvisation). Goldoni had a falling out with one of the other masters of his time, Carlo Gozzi over whether the Italian middle class could be modeled in plays in the manner of Moliere.
Change ). Two of them had strong frame stories around the outside of the major plot. Hungry servant Truffaldino bites off more than he can chew when he agrees to serve two masters at the same time!

I wish I could read the original to see how it compares. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. As Goldoni wrote his plays, he would finish each, and say: a sentiment that seems worthy of emulation. The characters from 'A Servant of Two Masters' are derived from "stock characters" used in commedia dell'arte. Two of them had strong frame stories around the outside of the major plot. At the center of this mirth is Truffaldino, the scheming – and perpetually hungry – servant who concocts a zany scheme to double his wages (and his meals) by serving two masters at once.

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