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This hilarious farce steadfastly refuses to take itself (or anything else) seriously. A new guest arrives and is promptly dispatched by an unknown assailant. Everyone tries hard to discover the murderer before he or she can strike again but not in time to prevent the Producer from being murdered. There is even a suspicion that someone may have poisoned the audience. Eventually Miss Marbles arrives to reveal, Agatha Christie-style, the culprit...
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Goldoni is made grouse in this colourful and riotous comic masterpiece. Truffaldino doesn’t really think through the problems inherent in having two bosses – especially when they’re unaware of each other’s presence and desperate to get back into each other’s pants. Our hero reckons he’s found a way of increasing his coin and food income on his labour. Or, as he puts it: “two masters, two wages, two dinners – too right!”