The Servant of Two Masters

by Carlo Goldoni, Jeffry Hatcher, Paolo Emilio Landi

Overview

A cross between traditional Italian commedia and postmodern vaudeville, this new version of Goldoni's classic pits the madcap servant Truffaldino against masters, mistresses, lovers, lawyers and twenty-seven plates of meatballs. Imagine a Bob Hope or Woody Allen comedy written by Monty Python and performed with the physical bravura of Chaplin or Keaton—with places in the script for ad-libs and audience participation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822218470
Publisher:	Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/2004
Pages:	67
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.20(d)

Editorial 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