OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Alice Coghlan 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Carlo Goldoni

• Author Notes

  A new translation of Goldoni's 1753 comedy.

• Setting

  An inn in Florence in the 18th century.

• Synopsis

  The seductive innkeeper Mirandolina has every man at her feet they cover her in diamonds and cower about her like puppy dogs. Until 'the declared enemy of Italian women' - the Ulster Gentleman checks in. Piqued, Mirandolina vows to vindicate her sex by making him fall in love with her. Who will lose the night? The misogynist Gent or the seductive Locandiera?

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

Cast size

• Male

  5

• Female

  1

• Total

  6

• Cast Notes

  In the original production the part of the Gentleman's Manservant was played by the actor playing the waiter Fabrizio.

Original Production

• Date of First Production

  02 March 2009

• Production Notes

  Produced in association with the Port House.

• Producer

  Produced by Wonderland Productions

• Venue Notes

  First performed in the upstairs bar of the Port House, South William Street, Dublin.

Source Of Information

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