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  • Goldoni: Two Plays

    The Venetian Twins; Mirandolina

    by Carlo Goldoni ...
    Translated by Ranjit Bolt ...
    Series series Oberon Classics
    In the year of the bicentenary of the death of Carlo Goldoni, one of Italy’s most brilliant dramatists, two of his greatest comedies are brought to life in Ranjit Bolt’s vibrant translations.The Venetian Twins is a classic tale of mistaken identity and the ensuing confusion. The play was given its premiere at the Royal Shakespeare Company in a production directed by Michael Bogdanov which enjoyed ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Goldoni: Volume One

    by Carlo Goldoni, Goldoni ...
    Translated by Robert David MacDonald ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Playwrights
    Carlo Goldoni (1707 – 1793) was one of the most prolific and versatile playwrights of his century, even though most of his vast output deals with life confined to a few square miles of Northern Italy. This new edition contains two comedies about women surviving precariously in a man's world, but each taking a distinctly different approach to her problems. Mirandolina believes open dealing is ... Read more

    $24.49 CAD

  • The Servant of Two Masters

    Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)

    by Carlo Goldoni ...
    Translated by Stephen Mulrine ...
    Series Book 0 - NHB Drama Classi
    Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceA classic Italian comedy that remains blisteringly hilarious and relevant, over two hundred and fifty years after it was written.Disguising herself as her dead brother, Beatrice travels to Venice to find Florindo, the man responsible for his death. However, her servant, Truffaldino, enters into the pay of Florindo, and struggles to ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Five Comedies

    by Carlo Goldoni ...
    Series series Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
    One of the first and most important Italian playwrights to move away from the commedia dell’arte tradition of improvisation, Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793) wrote more naturalistic “comedies of character” that featured the dialect and situations of everyday life in Venice.Five Comedies collects a selection of Goldoni’s finest plays, annotated and translated into English: The New House, The Coffee House, ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Venetian Social Satire and the Reform of Eighteenth-Century Italian Drama

    by Carlo Goldoni, Gemma Yateswell ...
    The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni, edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern, presents a representative encounter with the dramatist who reformed eighteenth-century Italian theatre. Moving away from the masked improvisations of commedia dell'arte, Goldoni's plays cultivate lucid dialogue, social observation, and carefully shaped character. Their domestic intrigues, mercantile households, clever ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Goldoni: Volume Two

    by Carlo Goldoni ...
    Translated by Robert David MacDonald ...
    Series series Oberon Modern Playwrights
    Carlo Goldoni was Italy's greatest playwright of the eighteenth century and wrote at least one hundred and fifty plays, although only a handful; of these have been performed since his time. Working for theatres in both Venice and Paris, he took much of his inspiration from 'commedia dell'arte'.This collection focuses on Goldoni's more serious side and includes the plays Don Juan, Friends and ... Read more

    $23.39 CAD

  • The True Friend

    English translation of Il vero amico

    by Carlo Goldoni ...
    True to Goldoni's mixture of comic wit and farce, the plot is a breathtakingly fast succession of twists and turns which only unravel in the very final lines with a surprise ending. Two friends are in love with the same young woman. Neither wants to place their friendship in jeopardy. How can love triumph without breaking off their friendship?Goldoni explores the conflicts brought about when ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern

    Enriched edition. Venetian Comedy and Social Satire: A Collection of Classic Works

    by Carlo Goldoni, Felicity Somerville ...
    In "The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni," edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern, readers are introduced to the transformative works of one of Italy's most celebrated playwrights. Goldoni's comedies marked a significant departure from the traditional commedia dell'arte, favoring character-driven narratives and realistic dialogue over the improvisational style of his predecessors. This collection ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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