Goldoni
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The first one, last week, was the celebrated 2012 “One Man, Two Guvnors,” a raucous farce set in the swinging ’60s and based on an 18th-century play by Carlo Goldoni.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2020
Grillo had just finished a performance at the Goldoni Theater in Livorno.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2018
His fortunes changed dramatically when he won the lead in One Man, Two Guvnors, a rollicking update by Richard Bean of the 18th-century Carlo Goldoni comedy The Servant of Two Masters.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012
With a libretto by Carlo Goldoni, “Il Mondo Della Luna” tells of Buonafede, the wealthy and protective father of two marriageable daughters, who disapproves of the men they love.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2010
Its importance at the present moment is that out of this little camp Carlo Gozzi marched like David to attack the Goliath of Philistinism, Carlo Goldoni.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
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