The Servant of Two Masters - Couverture souple

Goldoni, Carlo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848421931 ISBN 13 : 9781848421936

Editeur : Nick Hern Books, 2012

Synopsis

Number 89 in Nick Hern Book's Drama Classics series, providing great drama at a great price. Includes the full text, plus a short introduction that takes in the life of the playwright, the plot and subplot and themes of the play.

Disguising herself as her dead brother, Beatrice travels to Venice to find Florindo, the man responsible for his death. However her servant, Truffaldino, enters into the pay of Florindo and struggles to keep his two lives and masters apart.

Over two hundred and fifty years since it was written, this classic Italian comedy remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant. The plight of Truffaldino trying to keep two jobs afloat is still delighting audiences today in the hit adaptation One Man, Two Guvnors. Translated by Stephen Mulrine this is the original and a masterpiece of comic absurdity.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carlo Goldoni was a Venetian playwright and librettist who wrote some of Italy's most renowned plays and operas. Throughout his life he developed a unique comedic style, combining commedia dell'arte with a more realistic look at an emerging middle class. Along with The Servant of Two Masters his most famous stage works include Mine Hostess, The Crafty Widow, The Antiquarian's Family and The Fan.<br /><br />Stephen Mulrine's translations for the stage include works by Ibsen, Chekhov, Pushkin, Gogol and Turgenev, many of which are published by NHB. He is a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nick Hern Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848421931
• ISBN 13: 9781848421936
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible