Based on Carlo Goldoni’s A Servant of Two Masters (1746).
Charlie Clench (Pantalone)
Pauline Clench (Clarise)
Harry Dangle (Lombardi)
Alan (Silvio) – Harry’s son
Dolly (Smeraldina) – Pauline’s servant
Lloyd Boateng (Brighella)
Francis (Truffaldino)
Rachel Crabbe (Rachel Rasponi) – Brother of Roscoe Crabbe
Stanley Stubbers (Florindo)
ACT ONE
- Scene One – Charlie’s House
- Pauline and Alan just about to get married
- Alan is the one Pauline wants
- Charlie hilarious going on about “muvver”
- As soon as set up done, the doorbell rings
- Lloyd bears the news that Pauline was going to marry Roscoe
- And then Roscoe appears, i.e., Rachel
- Pauline wants Alan – not Roscoe
- But Charlie wants her to marry Roscoe
- Lloyd recognizes Rachel in disguise as Roscoe
- Scene Two – The Cricketers Arms
- Some backstory as an aside from Francis
- Stanley meets Francis and hires him
- Both Stanley and Rachel send Francis to the post office
- Alan wants to see Francis’s Guv
- Stanley and Alan talk
- Alan says he saw Roscoe; Stanley thought he killed Roscoe
- Alan gives Francis a threat for Roscoe
- Francis puts letters in his pockets
- Francis eats a letter
- Stanley sees letter to Rachel, which he reads
- Rachel see her letter has been opened
- Charlie gives cash to Francis for Roscoe; Stanley grabs it
- Scene Three – Charlie’s House
- Pauline does not want to marry “Roscoe”
- Rachel tells Pauline what’s going on
- When they hug, Charlie sees it – thinks they’ve reconciled
- Scene Four – Private rooms above Cricketers Arms
- Stanley gives Francis a bunch of the cash to hang on to
- The waiters
- Francis gives cash to Rachel (Roscoe)
- Alfie getting knocked down the stairs
- Francis stashes food
- Physical comedy mayhem
- Alfie’s pacemaker
ACT TWO
- Scene One – Charlie’s House
- Alan getting pissed off
- Thatcher joke
- Scene Two – The Cricketers Arms
- Francis and Dolly
- Francis gets slapped
- Scene Three – The Cricketers Arms
- Word play
- The diary
- The identical twins joke
- Scene Four – The Pier
- Stanley and Rachel thinking the other is dead
- Scene Five – Charlie’s House
- Music
