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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