November 30, 2017 - December 3, 2017 Scene Breakdowns

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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: