The Servant of Two Masters
Published on 11. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-0-86819-881-1 (ISBN)
Description
Silvio wants to marry Clarice who has to marry Signor Federigo who's really Beatrice in disguise who's come to Turin to find her love Florindo and the whole sorry mess is about to get a whole lot sorrier when Florindo and Beatrice both unknowingly hire the same servant-the brilliantly useless Truffaldino of Bergamo... who's in love with Clarice's servant Smeraldina.
Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters is one of the masterpieces of commedia dell'arte, and Nick Enright and Ron Blair's adaptation has become something of an Australian classic in its own right.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Paddington
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
155 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86819-881-1 (9780868198811)
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NICK ENRIGHT (1950'2003) trained for the theatre at New York University School of Arts after early experience in Australia including with Nimrod and MTC. He was an actor, director and teacher as well as a writer. His plays include On the Wallaby, Daylight Saving, St James Infirmary, Mongrels, A Property of the Clan, The Quartet from Rigoletto, Blackrock, Good Works, Spurboard and A Man with Five Children. With Justin Monjo he adapted Tim Winton's Cloudstreet for the stage. He has also written for film and television, including co-writing with George Miller the screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil which was nominated for an Oscar. He has written a number of musicals including The Venetian Twins and Summer Rain with composer Terence Clarke. He wrote the book for the Australian production of The Boy From Oz. Among many awards were two Green Room Awards for Best Play, and four Gold AWGIE Awards, the 1998 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award and the NSW Premiers' Special Award. As well as being a prolific writer, Enright was a noted acting teacher, particularly at NIDA and WAAPA.