Directed by Paul Collins and Felicia Cucutà
Students from the Italian Department of the University of Edinburgh will stage and perform Il bugiardo by Carlo Goldoni.
Il bugiardo was first staged in Mantua in 1750. Lelio, son of the merchant, Pantalone, returns to Venice after 20 years of absence and immediately sets about winning Rosaura and Beatrice, the beautiful daughters of Doctor Balanzone, by a series of dazzling lies.
Performed in Italian.
Organized by Luana Babini, Mara Mari Kirkwood (Edinburgh University), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute.
Portrait of Goldoni (1707-1793)
To reserve tickets please contact Ms Jackie Barnhart: jackie.barnhart@ed.ac.uk