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The Servant of Two Masters
Act 1
Scene 1: Doctor, Pantalone, Smeraldina, Brighella, Silvio,
Grace, Emily, Clarice
First Line: Doctor, “Signor Pantalone, we are met here for
the happy occasion….”
Clarice and Silvio’s engagement.
Scene 2: Truffaldino enters to announce his master’s arrival
First Line: Truffaldino, “Greetings, respects and heartiest
salutations…”
Scene 3: Beatrice enters to claim the dowry money that
Pantalone owes her.
First Line: Beatrice, “Signor Pantalone?....Allow me to
issue a rebuke.”
Scene 4: Beatrice,
Pantalone, Brighella, Grace, Emily
First Line: Beatrice, “Signor Pantalone, we must do all we
can to treat her gently.”
Scene 5: Brighella, Beatrice, Grace
Stage Right at outside bistro
First Line: Brighella, “Oh, madam, you really fooled them,
didn’t you?”
Scene 6: Truffaldino’s soliloquy
Enters from staircase
First Line: “I’m right fed up, I am. I do nothing but hang
around all day.”
Scene 7: Florindo’s Entrance – Florindo, Francisco,
Truffaldino
Florindo enters with Porter bearing his trunk
First Line (from offstage left): Florindo, “Thank you,
gondolier!”
Scene 8: Truffaldino, Florindo
Florindo hires Truffaldino to serve him.
First Line: Truffaldino, “I have taken the liberty of
booking you in, sir!”
Scene 9: Truffaldino, Beatrice, Brighella, Grace
Beatrice shows up, checks into the same inn as Florindo, and
order Truffaldino to get her trunk and go to the post office for her letters.
Truffaldino scores some bread from Brighella stage right at
the bistro.
First Line: Truffaldino, “I thought I handled that rather
well.”
Grace, Emily, Brighella strike table and chairs from outdoor
bistro
Scene 10: Truffaldino encounters Silvio in the street who
orders him to fetch his master for him.
First Line: Truffaldino, “There’s enough people looking for
one master.”
Scene 11: Silvio, Truffaldino, Florindo
Silvio realizes he doesn’t know Florindo and has made a
mistake.
First Line: Silvio, “Ooh, I am resolved.”
Scene 12: Florindo’s soliloquy in which he realizes that
perhaps Federigo might not be dead and worries about Beatrice’s fate.
First Line: Florindo, “What’s this? Can the dead arise?”
Scene 13: Truffaldino, Francisco, Florindo, Brighella, Grace
Truffaldino, mixing up the letters from Florindo and
Beatrice, concocts a story about a guy named Pasquale to explain why he has
letters from another person.
Florindo opens a letter addressed to Beatrice and realizes
she has left Turin dressed in men’s clothing to search for him.
Insert: Brighella and Grace enter from the inn with Grace
toting a box labeled “Pasquale.”
First Line: Truffaldino to Francisco stage left, “Straight
on, mate! Hard right!”
Scene 14: Truffaldino, Grace, Francisco
Truffaldino steals some bread from Grace (xing from stage
left to right with bread basket) to seal up Beatrice’s letter. Francisco comes back on from SL with
trunks demanding to know how much longer he has to wait.
First Line: Truffaldino, “What about that, then?”
Scene 15: Beatrice, Truffaldino,
Beatrice is annoyed when Truffaldino gives her the letter
resealed with bread. She gives him the key and orders him to air out her
clothes.
First Line: “Ah, my trunk!”
Scene 16: Florindo, Truffaldino
Florindo gives his key to Truffaldino and orders him to air
out his clothes. Florindo tells him to see this Pasquale guy to find out whom
he serves, and agrees to allow Truffaldino to order lunch.
First Line: Florindo, “Now then, my man, have you put my
trunk in my room?”
Scene 17: Pantalone, Clarice
Clarice is crying and Pantalone orders her to marry
Federigo.
Pantalone, “Daughter, daughter, I’ll not be bamboozled.”
Scene 18: Smeraldina, Pantalone, Clarice
Smeraldina enters and announces Federigo’s arrival.
First Line: Smeraldina, “Sir! Master! Signor Pantalone!”
Scene 19: Smeraldina, Pantalone, Clarice, Beatrice
Beatrice enters
First Line: Smeraldina, “Signor Federigo Rasponi!”
(Smeraldina exits)
Scene 20: Clarice, Beatrice
Beatrice reveals to Clarice she is a woman and swears her to
secrecy.
First Line: Clarice, “Oh, I’ll not marry! Never! Not even if
they drag me to the altar!”
Scene 21: Pantalone, Clarice, Beatrice
He catches the two girls hugging and misinterpreting the
hug, moves the wedding to the next day.
First Line: Beatrice, “Give me your hand as a sign of your
love and loyalty.”
Scene 22: Doctor, Silvio, Pantalone
The doctor catches his son with drawn sword to threaten
Pantalone. His father counsels him that the law is on their side. Doctor
Lombardi encounters Pantalone as he is leaving his house. They argue and threaten each other, both claiming
the law is on their side.
The doctor leaves; Silvio returns and overhears Pantalone
insulting his family and challenges him to a duel.
First Line: Doctor, “Silvio, my boy! What are you doing?”
Scene 23: Beatrice, Pantalone, Silvio
Beatrice enters as Pantalone and Silvio are preparing to
duel. Pantalone pulls gun on Silvio. Beatrice duels with Silvio.
First Line: Beatrice (entering) “Stay! Father-in-law!”
Scene 24: Clarice, Beatrice, Silvio
Clarice enters to stop Beatrice from killing Silvio.
Scene 25: Clarice, Silvio
Clarice and Silvio fight and break-up. Clarice tries to kill
herself.
First Line: Clarice, “Oh, my darling Silvio! Are you safe?”
Scene 26: Smeraldinda enters to stop Clarice from killing
herself.
Scene 27: Smeraldina lectures Silvio.
First Line: Smeraldina, “What do you think you’re at then?
Stand by? Let her do herself in?”
Scene 28: Silvio’s soliloquy
First Line: Silvio, “Oh, Clarice, you have deceived me!”
Scene 29: Truffaldino, Beatrice
Finally, Beatrice tells Truffaldino it’s time to eat.
Truffaldino asks to do the ordering, which she agrees to. She then gives him a
bank note worth 4,000 crowns and tells him to put it in her trunk.
First Line: Truffaldino, “You’d never believe it – two
masters and none of ‘em’s had their dinner yet.”
Scene 30: Truffaldino, Brighella
They discuss the laying of the table and in the process tear
up Beatrice’s banknotes.
First Line: Truffaldino,”Brighella!”
Scene 31: Beatrice, Truffaldino, Brighella, Pantalone
Beatrice catches Truffaldino tearing up her banknotes and
considers beating him. They then discuss the dinner plans. Beatrice tells Brighella
to have Truffaldino to serve them.
Scene 34: Truffaldino, Beatrice, Pantalone, Florindo,
Brighella, Jessalie, Grace, Emily, Francisco, Audrey, Angel
Brighella mimes Truffaldino to prepare the food. Truff
orders Grace and Francisco to move usl bench to dsl. Emily enters sl with pot
of hot pea soup.
The preparation of the meal.
First Line: Truffaldino, “Soup? Would you kindly oblige me
by taking your seats in the other room, sir, with your spoons at the ready?
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Act 2 Breakdown of The Servant of Two Masters
Scene 1:
Smeraldina, Francisco
Smeraldina has a letter from Clarice to give to Beatrice who
is in the tavern.
She calls Francisco who enters from the inn, SR, to fetch
Beatrice’s servant, Truffaldino.
First line: Smeraldina, “ Here’s a fine how d’ye do, if you
like.”
Scene 2:
Truffaldino, Smeraldina
Smeraldina gives Truffaldino the letter from Clarice.
Truffaldino courts Smeraldina with a tango and a rose.
First line: Truffaldino, “You sent for me, Signorina?”
Scene 3:
Truffaldino, Smeraldina, Beatrice, Pantalone
Beatrice and Pantalone catch them rolling around in the
streets making out. The servants play “keep away” with the letter; Pantalone
chases Smeraldina.
Scene 4:
Beatrice, Truffaldino, Grace, Florindo enters SR when
Beatrice exits SL
Grace enters from inn and sweeps. Beatrice “beats”
Truffaldino.
First Line: Beatrice, “Poor, sad Clarice.”
Scene 5:
Truffaldino, Florindo, Grace
Florindo “beats” Truffaldino with Grace’s broom
Scene 6:
Truffaldino, Grace, Francisco, Florindo – offstage left
Grace and Francisco bring out the trunks of Beatrice and
Florindo. Truffaldino mixes up
Florindo’s miniature portrait and Beatrice’s letters, putting his
miniature in Florindo’s trunk, and
Beatrice’s letters that she wrote to Florindo in her trunk.
First Line: Grace, “Yes, whaddya want?”
Scene 7:
Florindo, Truffaldino
Truffaldino makes up story about why Florindo’s miniature
was in his trunk, which leads Florindo to think Beatrice is dead.
First Line: Florindo, “What on earth are you doing?”
Scene 8:
Truffaldino, Beatrice, Pantalone, Grace
Truffaldino tells Beatrice a wild tale about why her letters
to Florindo were in her trunk, leading her to believe Florindo is dead.
Truffaldino and Pantalone find out that “Federigo” is a woman.
First Line: Truffaldino, “What’s up with him, then?”
Scene 9:
Doctor, Pantalone
Pantalone tries to tell the doctor that Federigo is a woman,
but the doctor will not listen.
First Line: Doctor, “Ha, I hate and despise that dog, that
rascal, that scoundrel,
Pantalone!”
Scene 10:
Pantalone, Silvio
Pantalone manages to get through to Silvio that Federigo is
a woman.
First Line: Pantalone, “And pons asinorum to you!”
Scene 11:
Brighella, Grace, Francisco, Beatrice, Florindo
The lovers try to kill themselves until they both realize
the other is still alive!
First Line: Brighella, “Stay! No!”
Scene 12:
Florindo, Beatrice, Brighella
The lovers send for Brighella to find the two rascal
servants, Truffaldino and Pasquale, and bring the scamps to them.
First Line: Florindo, “Tell me, my dearest, what brought you
to such desperation?”
Scene 13:
Florindo, Beatrice,
Beatrice tells Florindo that her brother is dead. Florindo tells her about the letter
from Maria falling into his hands that Beatrice is disguised as a man. They
both discuss how to deal with the two servants.
Scene 14:
