the Nuffield Theatre
on28th April to 2nd May 1987
Carlo Goldini
Carlo Goldini was born in venice in 1707. He studied Law at Padua but was more interested in the theatre. He wrote for the stage from 1734 and gave up the Law entirely in 1747. He wrote numerous comedies and many comic operas which enjoyed considerable success.
He wrote The Servant of Two Masters in 1743. The play owes a lot to the traditional Commedi dell’Arte characters of Pantalone, Brighella and Harlequin (Truffaldino) and to Goldini’s bourgeois Venetian background. Goldini took the traditional Comedia dell’arte plots and used them for his own ends, creating the first written scripts for this type of comedy. He also did away with the traditional modest heroines and replaced them with more spirited and assertive ladies.
| Cast | |
| Doctor Lombardi | David Bartlett |
| Brighella | Graham Buchanan |
| Silvio | Iain Coleman |
| Pantalone | Ken Spencer |
| Smeraldia | Hazel Burrows |
| Clarice | Catherine Nolan |
| Truffaldino | Brian Stansbridge |
| Beatrice Rasponi | Ros Liddiard |
| Florindo Aretusi | Chris Williams |
| Porter | Gardner Chalmers |
| Fat Waiter | Albert Minns |
| Young Waiter | Tony Lawther |
| Musicians | Joe Humphreys, Chris Nelson |
| Crowd | Hilary Bowen, Janet Cairney, John Carrington, Jan Ward, Meri Lawther, Jean Durman, Graham Hill, Debbie Moorhouse |
| For the Maskers: | |
| Director | Peter White |
| Lighting | Sue Cunningham, Clive Weeks, Alexis Clarkson |
| Set Design | John Hamon |
| Set Construction and Decoration | David Allen, John Riggs, Louise White, Janet Cairney, Gardner Chalmers, Graham Hill, Peter Liddiard, Roger Lockett |
| Props | Ella Lockett, Jan Ward |
| Special Effects | Tony Lawther |
| Wardrobe | Janet Cairney |
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