La locandiera

Also known as: Mirandolina

The Mistress of the Inn

Author

Carlo Goldoni

Language

Italian

Year

1753

Country

Republic of Venice

Genre

Drama / Comedy / Theatrical Work

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The Mistress of the Inn, also translated as The Innkeeper Woman or Mirandolina, is a 1753 three-act comedy by the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni centred around a coquette. The play has been regarded as his masterpiece, with Frederick Davies describing it as "Goldoni's Much Ado About Nothing".

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Translations

Mirandolina: translated & adapted from La Locanderia of Goldoni

tr. Lady Gregory · G. P. Putnam's Sons · United Kingdom · 1924

The Classical Theatre, Vol. I: Six Italian Plays

tr. Frederick May, Eric Bentley, Angela Ingold, Theodore Hoffman, Edward Joseph Dent, Lady Gregory, Leon Katz, Carl Wildman · Doubleday · United States · 1958

Four Comedies: The Venetian Twins, the Artful Widow, Mirandolina, the Superior Residence

tr. Frederick Davies · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1982

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