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Carlo Goldoni's Villeggiatura: A Trilogy Condensed (Young Actors Series)
Carlo Goldoni's Villeggiatura A Trilogy Condensed - Young Actors Series Author:Robert Cornthwaite, Carlo Goldoni Yuppiedom in eighteenth-century Italy. In this condensation of three plays, two determined young ladies vie for the latest fashion in gowns, marriage, and the attention of a seductive young man. This condensation of Carlo Goldoni's greattrilogy of Italian comedies is performable in one night. A version ideal for young actors and audience... more »s, it is limited to a single performance, or any theater group denied the luxury of performing the entire trilogy. What is most extraordinary in this work from Goldoni's last year in Venice is the amazing way he presages Chekhov, a hundred and forty years before the Russian revolutionized the theater. This Goldoni is pure gold.« less