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The Servant of Two Masters
The Servant of Two Masters
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Author: Carlo Goldoni Translated by: Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi Adapted by: Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Format: Softcover # of Pages: 67 Pub. Date: 2004 ISBN-10: 082221847X ISBN-13: 9780822218470 Cast Size: 3 women, 6 men
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About
the Play:
The Servant of Two Masters (English-language version of Il
servitore di due padroni) is a full-length comedy by Carlo
Goldoni, translated and adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and
Paolo Emilio Landi. Identities are mistaken, engagements are
broken, and lovers are reunited in this contemporary version of the
Commedia dell'Arte classic about a wise-cracking servant and how he
confuses everyone around him by moonlighting for two employers.
The Servant of Two Masters is a foundational piece of
Commedia dell'arte, an Italian theatrical form which flourished
throughout Europe between the 16th-18th centuries. This version of
Carlo Goldoni's masterpiece is a cross between traditional
Italian commedia and postmodern vaudeville that 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 Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton
– with places in the script for ad-libs and audience
participation. The Servant of Two Masters is a collision
course of clowning and a wonderful homage to American vaudeville
performers.
Servant of Two Masters is an 18th-century comedy by the
Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni. This adaptation by Jeffrey
Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi was first performed by
Milwaukee Repertory Theater in 1999. It's still enormously popular,
and is a staple of community theatres, regional repertory houses, and
high schools.
Cast: 3 women, 6 men
What people say:
"Nothing short of brilliant …
[The Servant of Two Masters] 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
About the Playwright:
Jeffrey Hatcher is an award-winning American writer for
stage, screen, and television. He grew up in Ohio before attending
New York University to study acting. After a brief career on stage,
he turned his attention to writing. His many award-winning plays,
original and adaptations, have been performed on Broadway,
Off-Broadway and in theatres around the world. |
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