La locandiera

aka Mirandolina

The Mistress of the Inn

Author

Carlo Goldoni

Language

Italian

Year

1753

Country

Republic of Venice

Genre

Drama / Theatre / Plays

enlightenment

0

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".