The Venetian Twins (Italian: I due gemelli veneziani, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's Menaechmi.
| The Venetian Twins | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Carlo Goldoni |
| Date premiered | 1747 |
| Original language | Italian |
| Subject | Plautus's Menaechmi |
It was performed by Il Teatro Stabile of Genoa at the 1965 Edinburgh International Festival, directed by Luigi Squarzina and starring the celebrated Italian actor Alberto Lionello as the two twins.[1] More recent productions include one at the Watermill Theatre[2] and a 1993 production directed by Michael Bogdanov for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3] [4] The play has also been adapted and staged as a 1979 Australian two-act musical comedy. The play was performed by Greene Shoots Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at C Venues (main) in August 2010.[5] Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts) presented the play in English as part of its outdoor Bankside Festival, June 29-August 27, 2011, at Lenox, Massachusetts.[6]
Main roles
edit- Dr Balanzoni, a lawyer from Bologna in Verona
- Rosaura, believed to be his daughter, later revealed as the sister of the twins
- Pancrazio, friend of the doctor
- Zanetto, twin brother of Tonino
- Tonino, twin brother of Zanetto
- Lelio, the doctor's nephew
- Beatrice, Tonino's lover
- Florindo, Tonino's friend
- Brighella, servant in the doctor's house
- Colombina, servant in the doctor's house
- Arlecchino, servant of Zanetto
- Tiburzio, goldsmith
- Bargello
References
edit- ^ Edinburgh International Festival 1965 Souvenir Programme. 1965.
- ^ "Watermill - The Venetian Twins". Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ^ Morley, Sheridan (12 October 1994). ""Twins" Is No Favor to Goldoni". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (8 June 1993). "Star of David: Paul Taylor on the RSCs Venetian double offering at Stratford". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
- ^ "The Venetian Twins earns 5 star review at Edinburgh Festival". Retrieved 2012-06-16.
- ^ "Theater Review: The Venetian Twins — Commedia dell'arte Done Hilariously Right". The Arts Fuse. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
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