THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Carlo Goldoni In a New Translation by Rob Melrose

Full-length Classic Adaptation 

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.

Production Notes

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

Author

Rob Melrose

Rob Melrose is the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Cutting Ball Theater and works nationally as a freelance director. He has directed at The Public Theater (Pericles, Prince of Tyre), The Guthrie Theater (Happy Days, Freud’s Last Session, Pen, Julius Caesar - with the Acting Company); The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Troilus and Cressida – in association with the Public Theater), Magic Theatre (An Accident, World Premiere); PlayMakers Rep (Happy Days); Black Box Theatre (The Creature, World Premiere, BATCC Award for direction), as well as Actors’ Collective; The Gamm Theatre; and Crowded Fire, among others. His directing credits at Cutting Ball include Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep, Krispy Kritters in the ...[FULL BIO]