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A Servant to Two Masters

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 6m

Carlo Goldoni, Lee Hall, Gwenda Pandolfi

A Servant to Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
An adaptation by Lee Hall, from a literal translation by Gwenda Pandolfi

This is a lively and intelligent new adaptation by Lee Hall, with a modern free text complete with extra bawdy and juicy jokes, that loses nothing of the pathos from the original. In this eighteenth-century commedia dell'arte Truffaldino hits the'sca…

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    Cast Size
    3w, 6m
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  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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This is a lively and intelligent new adaptation by Lee Hall, with a modern free text complete with extra bawdy and juicy jokes, that loses nothing of the pathos from the original. In this eighteenth-century commedia dell'arte Truffaldino hits the'scam of doubling his income by serving two masters without them knowing. A co-production by the RSC and the Young Vic Theatre Company, this adaptation was first performed in 1999.
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  • Time Period 18th Century
  • Setting Various simple setting
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Carlo Goldoni

Lee Hall

Lee Hall

Lee Hall was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1966 and studied English Literature at Cambridge University. He has worked as a writer in theatre, TV, radio and film. He has been writer in residence at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Live Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Gwenda Pandolfi

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