La Locandiera

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By -- Carlo Goldoni, Edited with Introduction, Notes, Exercises, and Vocabulary by -- Vincent Luciani, PhD.

Published By - S.F. Vanni, New York, 1965, 121 Pages, Trade Paperback, Dramatic Dialogue in Italian, Supporting Text in English, with Bilingual Glossary, 8.5" X 5.5" X .25", 7 oz.

[WIKIPEDIA]

The Mistress of the Inn (Italian: La locandiera), also translated as The Innkeeper Woman or Mirandolina (after the play's main character), is a 1753 three-act comedy (...)about a coquette. The play has been regarded as [Carlo Goldoni's] masterpiece. Frederick Davies describes it as Goldoni's Much Ado About Nothing. (...)

The play was one of those produced by the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre (MAT) in its first season. This production opened in a double-bill with Greta's Happiness by Emilia Matthai on 2 December 1898. It was directed by Constantin Stanislavski, who also played the misogynist Ripafratta. Stanislavski directed the play in a second production at the MAT, which opened on 3 February 1914 after 112 rehearsals. He played the role of Ripafratta once more. The artist Alexandre Benois provided the scenic design for this production, which was conceived as a showcase for the actress Olga Gzovskaya.

In 1773 the Venetian composer Antonio Salieri and the librettist Domenico Poggi adapted the play as a three-act dramma giocoso. In 1800 the German composer Simon Mayr and Italian librettist Gaetano Rossi adapted it as a two-act dramma giocoso. The American composer Henry Kimball Hadley adapted it as a one-act comic opera called Bianca, which was first performed in 1918. Bohuslav Martinů also produced an operatic version, his three-act Mirandolina, which was first performed in 1959. The play was also adapted into several films, notably Paolo Cavara's La locandiera and Tinto Brass' Miranda."

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