The department of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross presents The Servant of Two Masters written by Carlo Goldoni and translated and directed by Scott Malia, a Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the theatre department. The play will be performed November 5-7 and 12-14 at 8 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre (located on the second floor of O’Kane Hall). Tickets are $7 for members of the Holy Cross community and $10 for the general public. Group rates are available.
The Servant of Two Masters is a comedy of misunderstandings about mismatched lovers and their troublesome servants. Clarice is in love with Silvio, played by Joey Puleo ‘10. All seems well until Beatrice, played by Kate Hultgren ’10, disguises herself as a man and Clarice’s former fiancé, which puts both the couple and their dueling fathers at odds with each other. The affair is further complicated when a servant named Arlecchino, played by Jimmy D'Amico '10, arrives and agrees to serve two masters at once. As the forgeries and deceits are discovered, the lovers must find their way back to each other.
“I wanted to do my own version of the play that is unique and creative,” says Malia. “I translated the play into metered verse, which means every line has the same rhythm and the lines rhyme. To my knowledge, it has never been done this way before.”
Written in 1753, The Servant of Two Masters is based on the characters of the commedia dell'arte, a form of improvised comedy that originated in Italy.
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