Gilette & Bertrand

Gilette & Bertrand is a comedy with music by Rob Amato (1943-2006).

The original text

Based on the tale Giletta di Narbona (tale nine of day three) of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron (circa 1350), which tells the story of Gillette of Narbonne and Bertrand of Roussillon, which had been the source for Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well (performed circa 1592). Amato's comedy is a retelling of Boccaccio's original story as what he playfully terms a "proper" play.

Amato's play does not appear to have been performed or formally published yet, though an unbound printed copy of the text, with a introductory Note (dated Kalk Bay, 2000), is held in the archive of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch. Possibly a text donated to the Department by the author in the hope of production.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Rob Amato. 2000. Gilette & Bertrand (unbound printed copy of the text, held in the archive of the Drama Department at the University of Stellenbosch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron

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