The Venetian Twins
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The Venetian Twins (Italian: I due gemelli veneziani, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's Menaechmi.
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Written by | Carlo Goldoni |
Date premiered | 1747 (1747-MM) |
Original language | Italian |
Subject | Plautus's Menaechmi |
It was performed by Il Teatro Stabile of Genoa at the 1965 Edinburgh International Festival, directed by Luigi Squarzina and starring the celebrated Italian actor Alberto Lionello as the two twins.[1] More recent productions include one at the Watermill Theatre[2] and a 1993 production directed by Michael Bogdanov for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3] [4] The play has also been adapted and staged as a 1979 Australian two-act musical comedy. The play was performed by Greene Shoots Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at C Venues (main) in August 2010.[5] Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts) presented the play in English as part of its outdoor Bankside Festival, June 29-August 27, 2011, at Lenox, Massachusetts.[6]