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== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
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''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_of_Two_Masters]
  
 
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[[PACT]] theatre programme, 1973.
  
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
 
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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Il servitore di due padroni ("The Servant of Two Masters" or sometimes translated as "Servant of Two Masters") [1] is a 1746 comic play by Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793) [2].

The original text

The first draft (1746) and subsequent early drafts had large sections that were reserved for improvisation, but Goldoni revised it in 1753 in the version that exists today.

Translations and adaptations

The play has been translated and adapted internationally and into various languages numerous times over the centuries.

Kneg van Twee Meesters ia an Afrikaans adaptation by Ben Dehaeck.

Translated into English as The Servant of Two Masters by Anne Lawrance.

Performance history in South Africa

Sources

Wikipedia [3]

PACT theatre programme, 1973.

Go to ESAT Bibliography

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