The Comedies Of Carlo Goldoni Author:Carlo Goldoni General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1892 Original Publisher: David Stott Subjects: Drama / General Drama / Continental European History / General Literary Collections / American / General Literary Criticism / American / General Literary Criticism / European / Italian Notes: This is a black and white... more » OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE FAN (7t VENTAGLIO) A COMEDY IN THREE ACTSDRAMATIS PERSONS. Count Rocca Marina. Baron Del Cedro. Signor Evarist. SlQNORA Geltrude, a Widow. Candida, her niece. Coronato, an innkeeper. Moracchio, a peasant. Nina, his sister. Susanna, a small shopkeeper. Crispino, a shoemaker. Timoteo, an apothecary. Limonato, a waiter. Tognino, servant to the two ladies. Scavezzo, boots to the innkeeper. Scene of action, a little village near Milan. 148 THE FAN. ACT I. [AN open space bounded at the back by a house bearing the inscription Osleria (Inn). Houses to right and left; on the left a gentleman's mansion with a low projecting terrace. The foremost house has the word Caf4 upon a swinging shield ; before its main door and windows stand small tables and chairs. It has also a back door which adjoins a little pharmacy. At the end of the right-hand side of houses, a small general store. The inn has a restaurant on the ground-floor, and on the left a small shoemaker's workshop. Right and left, between the inn and the side houses, runs the street] Scene L [Evarist and the Baron sit towards the front at a little table drinking coffee. Limonato serves them. Crispino is cobbling in his booth, near to him Coronato sitting beside his door, writing in a notebook. The Boots cleans the restaurant windows. In the middle of the stage sits the Count reading a book. He is dress...« less