I think that when Florindo found out that Beatrice (who is playing her borther ferdinando) was in the same town as he was and everyone thinks that she is the dead brother that when everything will become revealed, it will be through massive comedic ways. I think the servant will be trying to catch up with what the two masters wills and make a horrible mess of what he does. I believe that when Florindo finds out the brother is being played by Beatrice that at first he will be angry, but then in the end help. But i think that it is the moment that BEatrice is discovered that the real chaos and commotion will happen. All the people will be confused and hopefully will come off as hilarious and funny.
In the first scene when Truffaldino comes in and announces that Signor Federigo Rasponi of Turin is alive and wants Clarice's hand in marriage I think the actors playing Pantalone, Silvio, Clarice and all the others will have fun with the different reactions to the news of Federigo. Silvio and Clarice will be really sad and taken back. Smeraldina will have fun being sassy while Pantalone is very confused to hear that the man who was to marry his daughter was dead and is now alive. While Brighella, the innkeeper will enjoy knowing the truth about Beatrice posing as her dead brother. I also think that the second scene where the illiterate character, Truffaldino, decides to serve two masters simply because he wants more food and money will be a funny part in the show. There are great monologues given by Truffaldino that will really bring his character to life and liven up the show. It will be interesting to watch him trying to dig himself out of sticky situations like giving the mail and money to the wrong master.
I think one of the scenes that will be funny is that when Beatrice comes in dressed in as her brother and her "servant" comes in and tells Florindo that the dead brother is waiting for him downstairs. Then Florindo says that the person who is calling on him is dead. The servant is so dumb that he is so confused because he just left "him" downstairs and he is so confused since he just saw him alive. I think this will be done by the fake servant will overact like crazy and will have overexaggerated movements. I think the set will be dark with a very colorful outside to show a playfull attitude of the play.
The part I think is going to be really funny during the play is when Truffaldino gives his other master the letter that Florindo opened. This is becuase Truffaldino used bread to seal the letter. Truffaldino's excuses to his master was really lame and i think this could be pretty funny in the play. I think the master is going to be looking extreamly confused and weird while Truffaldino is just trying to convince his master.
Truffaldino is my favourite character in The Servant of Two Masters, and I love Smeraldina as well (I'm biased because I played her in a performance, but still!). Therefore, one of my favourite scenes involves Truffaldino convincing Smeraldina to marry him. Both characters are highly exaggerated and over the top, and that scene provides the director and the actors of both characters to have a lot of fun reading between the lines and coming up with over the top comedy routines. Truffaldino is his usual bumbling, witty, idiotic self and he and Smeraldina are such a perfect match that hopefully the scene turns out to be a really funny one! Truffaldino could be played in a variety of ways, I think he has quite a lot of hidden cunning and conniving ways and I think this scene will emphasise those qualities in particular, as well as showing off Smeraldina's sillier side a little more!
When Truffaldino is running around trying to figure out whose letter is whose, and which master to give the bag of gold to, I think it will be fairly goofy in sort of a Mel Brooks sort of way. Or, even closer, if you have seen 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' I imagine it to be portrayed much the same way. There will be many asides, and I think the actor will direct them more towards the audience than towards himself. I think Beatrice will act fairly haughty, trying to be a man, and that Florindo will seem compassionate but quiet.
One scene that should bei nteresting to see manifested in it's theatre glory will be when Beatrice is telling Clarice that he is a she, and does not in fact wish to marry her. In there there is also a part where they hug and then Clarice says she really believes she is a woman, where they hug then a suprised face, hand over mouth sort of look at the audience like "Oh!" from Clarice. There are many emotions, as well as a comical shift in Clarice's acting towards Beatrice, and the consequences which those acts cause. Beatrice and Clarice are to be wed even sooner, total face-palm!
For Act3 Scene4 when Truffaldino tells his masters he is the servnt of 2 master's, i can see the director putting him centerstage, seeming like a hero in triumph. and then the 2 masters to either side and a little upstage. showing their confusion and both ready to beat him until he gives his full reasoning. This will be interesting to see just for all the many different relations and misscommunications.
So um in the play.."the Servant of Two Masters", i think that like the scene imma find mad funny n yeah, is the dinner scene, like Truffaldino is tryina figure out which master wanted what n todo eso. like i can kinda picture it, the servant jus flying everywhere trying to get everything straight and also the parts where hes just eating the food to figure out what it is. I dont know, sounds funny on the paper so i can kinda imagine what its gunna be like acted out.
A scene that i found interesting was when two of the masters were fighting over the servant (sorry i dont remember all of their names, they are kind of odd). and the servent gets thrashed by someone who isnt his master but then gets thrashed again by his master, i can see the director making this scene like a tug of war kind of scene. i think that would be funny and isnt this play supposed to be comical? well anyways i think there will be a whip involved and some sort of loud smack sound. i am probably really very wrong, but as we were reading it that is what came into my noggin!
The scene from servant of two masters that I believe will be funny is the end, when everyone quickly and randomly decides to get married once Silvio and Clarice are allowed to marry. I think that the director will make this a big deal since it's the ending, but I think it will be funny because the character's fall in love and decide to marry so quickly. I would imagine the director would have the couples just join hands or hug, and call it marriage, then they will all face the stage. I could be very wrong thought ;-D
Matt MacDougall Peroid 4 (10:15-11:10) 10:38:45 AM Pacific Standard Time Thursday, January 15th 2009
A Scene that I'm looking foward tothe director interpeting is the scene where the servent is serving his two masters dinner at the same time. I think that this scene will be interesting because the director can either have to two masters facing away from each other with the servent running between the two or it could be at a resturant style . I really don't know, but whatever the director decides to interpit the scene as im sure that it will be hillarious.
I am interested to see how the actors will perform the scene where Truffaldino explains all of the mix-ups to Florindo and Beatrice while still trying not to be found out. When we were reading it I pictured him having to go back and forth changing something so that he would look like the right person to each of his masters and running back and forth between them changing quickly between them. I think that if done right this show will be really entertaining and funny.
The part i think is going to be funny is the part with Truffaldino has to be the waiter for both of his masters. I think they will have the stage divided into two sections and Truffaldino is running around crazily. And i cant wait to see him eating the food for himself because that seems like it would be pretty funny. Or just any part when he has to figure out what goes to his masters.
I'm picking the scene when truffaldeno is serving dinner to both of his masters at the same time. I think this show be put on with two doors with the kitchen in the middlen and him running back and forth between the doors to both masters. There will be one cook and a servant type trying to help him but they are slowint him down and getting in his way. Truffaldeno qull be falling all over the place and mummering things under his breath and running crazily around. It will be one of the funniest parts of the play.
I scene that i think is very interesting is when Truffaldino is serving his two master's dinner and actually does it without the two noticing. I think that this scene would be very funny as far as the physical comedy goes, even though the lines seem kinda boring when you read it. I can't wait to see how it is portrayed by the director and how they show the two masters and keeping them separate but still have truffaldino serving them both in secret.
I liked the scene when Truffeldino has to serve both his masters at once during dinner. I'm curious as to how the director and actors will play it out since it is supposed to be extremely funny. I think they'll be showing two rooms and a kitchen in the middle so that the audience will be able to see Truffaldino walking in and out of each room. It'll probably be really hectic, with a bunch of shouting from Beatrice and Florindo. They'll probably have food too, with Truffeldino trying everything he can get his hands on. I hope that it's funny.
I can't wait for the end of this play. I think it will be the funniest and best part. When Truffaldino has both suit cases of his two masters and they both come up at different times and he mixes up there belongings will be cool. I think the director is going to have one master come in from one part of the stage and exit the same way. Right when he's exiting the other master will come the opposite way almost running into each other. During this whole scene Truffaldino is going to be freaking out and obvious to make the scene even funnier.
I think a scene that will be interesting is when the servant is juggling between the two masters. The director may be able to put this into a very funny scene which will be very great to watch. He could possibly put both masters in seperate rooms where we watch the servant run back and forth. It would be very entertaining. I am looking forward to a few good laughs during this play! I am also looking forward to see when the two love birds Trufaldino and Smerladina meet.
A scene that I found very interesting to read and that I think will be even more interesting to see on stage is the part of A Servant of Two Masters, when Truffaldino goes through his two masters’ luggage. At this scene he has already confused himself as to whose luggage is whose, and he decides to open up each suitcase so he can try and determine which is which. It was funny while reading it because he mixes up Beatrice’s and Florindo’s items and then invents a story of how the foreign objects are his and how he received them upon the death of his former master. This of course leads Beatrice and Florindo to suppose the other is dead, and thus they are both very upset by the news. When we see it on stage next Saturday I think that this scene will be played out in a way that is especially comical. I can see the stage maybe being separated into two sections so that Truffaldino can converse with his two masters who are unaware the other exists. I think that the two suitcases will be on either end of the stage. Also I think that during this scene the actors will come very close to seeing each other and finding out Truffaldino’s secret, but by some hilarious miracle they will remain separated.
I think that for the dinner scene, the director will have the stage divided into three parts. In the middle will be the kitchen and the two waiters, and then to the right and left will be Florindo and Beatrice having their seperate dinners. i think that Truffaldino will then have to run back and forth between the two rooms as he tries to figure out which food goes with which master, without letting them know about the other. The best part of this scene will be the two waiter standing in the kitchen. Even thought it's their job to give the food, I think it will be funny how they just stand there and watch truffaldino running franitcally back and forth across the stage with large amounts of food.
In this scene, Truffaldino is preparing to open both his masters’ trunks side by side in one of the inn’s rooms. He, of course, mixes up some objects in the wrong trunks after hastily return belongings to trunks when he hears someone approaching. Each of his masters finds things owned by Truffaldino’s other master in their trunks and demands to know about them.
With a scene so focused on the two trunks, they should be placed center stage facing upstage. That way Truffaldino can open each trunk without worrying about whether the audience will see inside them, and the physical focus onstage matches the focus of the script. Since it’s also a hotel room there should be only one doorway in or out of the scene, forcing characters to only enter and exit from that door. Truffaldino would mostly stand in front of the trunks, or beside them in reaction to one of his masters entering. He might even stand between the trunks and the door to “protect” his mistakes.
Along with the majority of the class, i think the scene that I am most looking forward to seeing is the one in which Truffaldino opens both of his masters trunks in the inn and manages to mix up all of their belongings. Because the scene was relatively comical, even just in the reading, i am assuming that it will be hysterical when preformed on stage. Emptying the trunks beside each other was such an illogical thing to do that I could barely believe it happened. It seemed so ludicrous that Truffaldino could manage to mess up so badly that i am really curious as to how the actors will preform it. I think that the trunks will be placed close enough together on stage that it would be plausible that their contents could be mixed together and that Truffaldino will be running between them speaking to his two masters (who will clearly be in sight distance of each other, but will be pretending not to be). However, having no background whatsoever in theater, my guess is extremely uneducated.
I feel like in the scene where Truffeldino is serving his two masters at the dinner table it will be very fast paced and funny with him running between the two dinning rooms and the waiters looking at him like he is crazy. It would be staged in the kitchen with him running on and off stage and his masters shouting from either side.
At the end of act 1 scene 3, Clarice is upset that her hand is being promised to Federigo. Beatrice asks for a word with her, trying to expose her secret about only dressing as her brother. In the play, I think Clarice will be over dramatic with her disdain towards Beatrice. She will be acting as if [he] is ruining her life, and Beatrice will be getting frustrated because she knows that Clarice's anger is unnecessary. The part where Beatrice says she is actually a woman will be very funny for the audience because the fact will be so obvious to us, but a great surprise to Clarice. Pantalone will enter when they are hugging, and obviously take it completely the wrong way. I think the director will have Beatrice and Clarice running around frantically, trying to convince Pantalone that they don't want to get married. But each time they open their mouths, Pantalone will cut them off to speak of having a wedding. Pantalone will exit the stage walking tall and happy because the situation is settled (so he thinks), and Beatrice and Clarice will be left dumbfounded as their situation has just gotten worse.
i think that the most entertaining part will be when truffaldino gets beat by his masters and the when they refer back to it later when they discover there are 2 masters and the masters are lovers. the way they will probably perform this is have the stage set with a fixation on Truff because it seems like everyone is after him and then the lights will flutter to who is going to go after him first and then focus back after he has been beaten. then for the second beating the lights will flash from master to master with accusation after accusation and then it will focus on truff again because he knows whats coming.
I think the scene where the servant, Truffaldino is juggling between the two masters dinners will be amusing because there will be a lot of stress and confusion while he is trying to satisfy his own hunger at the same time. I think this scene can be made very funny with good actors and the right staging. I’m picturing the scene as two rooms next to each other so we can se the impatience of the master who’s not being served at the time. I can also imagine there being a kitchen in between so we can se all that Truffaldino is doing.
In the scene where the servant accidentally gives the wrong master the bag of money, I think they will perform it so that everything seems calm and normal when the servant gives the bag to the master he thinks the bag goes to. However, once the audience is clued in to the fact that it was the wrong master, then there may be more action and a much wider range of expressions on the characters' faces.
I believe that the post office scene will be extremely funny. This is where Truffaldino is asked by his first and original master to go get his letters from the post office. For this scene I think the director will have the stage represent three different areas one will be the post office and the other two areas where his masters will be. Truffaldino will go to one section of the stage to gather the mail where he gets the two masters letters. The masters meanwhile will be waiting for him one different sides of the stage. Only the area where the actions are taking place will be light and the others dark.
The most entertaining scene in the Servant of Two Masters should be when Truffildino serves dinner to both masters. In this scene Truffildino is running back and forth between the rooms of Florindo, Beatrice and the kitchen in efforts to serve dinner while trying to figure out which dishes belong to which master. I think the director will have all three settings on the stage at once, with Truffaldino scrambling in and out of doors between them.
Kaiti Staup Period 4 I think that the scene where the two get caught opening the master's note will be interesting because we will get to see the relationship between them develop. I think the witty banter and the disagreement between the servants and their masters will be fun to watch. This was the scene that Spencer and I interpreted in class and I imagine it being in a really low-lit setting with stone buildings, and dim lights from the surrounding pubs illuminating the faces of the servants until the masters open the pub door to expose them and the opened letter.
I think that it will be very interesting to see how the director portrays the scene when truffaldino is trying to keep his identity hidden from his two masters after they are finished eating, and when both of them beat him. I think that instead of having the masters beat truffaldino with a stick they will do something more realistic and modern.
The scene in the restautant when Truffaldino has to wait on both masters for dinner could be a very funny scene. I think that the directors should really use walls and doors in order to really create a sense of separation between Florindo's table and Beatrice's table. It could be easily set in modern times because the scene really just focuses around a dinner. Having swinging doors could make the entrances and exits very funny and having the characters moving around a lot would also add to the suspense of Truffaldino not being caught. I think to set the stage up with two 'rooms' and a hallway in between them it would make the most sense and would be easiest to do the food mix up sequences.
One scene that I look forward to is when Truffeldino gets a beating from both masters. This scene should especially funny. Due to his silly, devious character, I have envisioned Truffeldino to be a plump, greasy, sly man. I decided that I did not quite agree with Truffeldino’s devious behavior, especially when he betrays poor Smeralderina. Thus, I expect to enjoy his spontaneous, lame excuses as well as the consequences. However, Truffeldino comes clean in the end, and thus my enmity towards him doesn’t last.
I think the scene where Truffaldino is 'airing out' the clothes of both Beatrice and Florindo and gets them mixed up will be interesting. If I was director, there would be two large chests, and Truffaldino would bring everything out onto a large table or on the ground in front of him, starting out by seperating the two piles but evenetually mixing them as the piles grew larger. When Florindo called him he would rise quickly, accidently mixing the piles even more, and as he goes to throw everything back into the trunks some objects would get thrown about the room, or kicked under something, leaving it painfully obvious that someone had been through both trunks and the audience knowing without doubt that some objects had been switched.
I was not able to read A Servant of Two Masters in class because I was gone all week due to medical related absences. But Kaiti Staup briefed me on the plot and I read a few scenes online. One of the scenes I read, was the one where they are just finished eating while Truffaldino is concealing his identity, I think this will be a very ironic scene with dry, not upfront humor. The part where he is beaten shortly following will be interesting to see acted out on stage, and see whether it is realistic or not.
The scene that i liked the most was when Truffaldino was running between each of the two masters. I think it will be pretty funny watching the actor run between and get confused. It will also be funny to see each of the masters react to the confusion of that scene. The commotion that I assume will take place on stage will be pretty funny.
The first scene from the Servant of Two Masters when Signor Federigo Rasponi wants to marry Clarice. Of course they will all be surprised that by the fact that Signor Federigo is alive. But also all the other characters in the play will bring in different aspects as well. They will bring in different drama to keep the play alive.
I chose the scene where Truffaldino recieves money from Pantalone to give to Beatrice, but then mistakenly gives it to Florindo. This scene could be done well if the director set it in modern times, because it's all about mistaken identity. This would add an element of humor and allow the audience to relate to the characters and the situation.
I chose the scene where Truffeldino is trying to serve both of his masters dinner at once and also ends up eating some of the food himself. I imagine that they would build a sort of a cutaway of both the rooms where they are eating dinner and have the kitchen in the middle of the two.
A scene I think that is going to be really funny in the play is a when Clarice and Silvio tries to get marry but Florindo's servant came into them and say his master alive, So everyone gets confused. This will be funny, when a servant get confused and show how he feels with his face and emotion. Also when everyone acts same when they heard about Florindo alive.
the scene when the servent was order dinner for both masters and trying not to get caught, but kept screwing up and setting up the wrong stuff. I think they will perform this scene by having the master in different parts of the restuarant and him bringing and setting up different stuff then they wanted in a funny way. I think this play will be really funny, and im excited!
I think one of the best scenes is going to be the very last one, when truffaldino gives his explanation. When I think of Truffaldino's character, as far as his role in cemedia del arte, I think of him as the clever and sly one who's always in control of the situation. Very much like puck in shakespeare, only less flamboyant and more subtle. So I think the last scene will be perfect for him because he can show how cunning and bold he is while explaining everything he's done, because he orchestrated the whole thing. (even if it was partly accidental)
The scene i chose to depict would be the scene where the master found the girl dressing up as the dead brother. Of course, the master would act in shock or histeria, but the girl's reaction towards the master would be difficult to determine. Also, the scenery of the scene would be dark. It would be dark like the movie "Sleeping Hollow" with jonny depp. The make up of the people would be dark and so would the backround. I just see this scene as a very dark and creepy scene.
The scene where they think that signor Rasponi is alive and has to marry clarice will be a very uprising and shocking scene. I can see them being in a loft and all sitting around it big chairs discussing life and then being interuppted out of no where. I think that they will all be dressed like villagers kinda like in olden times and that the scene will have alot of hectic and angry gestures. They will probably be wearing some kind of robes or something. They will probably all get very agnry and throw a fit and make a huge scene about it. This is how i can see this being preformed.
andy wolfe period 2 the scene where the servant is serving the two masters is one of my favorite scenes. i think that the ditecter will show it by having the two masterse on stage at the same time and having a screen thats divides them and then having the servant go from one side to the other and the two masters acting like they have no idea.
Regan McComb period 6 My favorite scene is the one where truffaldino is serving dinner to both of the masters at the same time and they have no idea that this is happening. I think this scene will be really hectic because he is trying to please both masters and attend to their needs all at the same time. This will also be a very comedic scene because he will have a hard time to go back and forth between the two. I'm really looking forward to seeing this play because it's in english and will be very easy to understand!
The scene i think will be really funny and entertaing to watch is when Beatrice comes in dressed in as her brother and her "servant" comes in and tells Florindo that the dead brother is awaiting him downstairs .The servant is really stupid and get confused. I think this scence will have over emphasized movements. I also am very excited to see the setting of the play. Overall Im really looking forward to watching this play because its in english andwill be easy to understand.
Clayton Butler Period 2 My favorite scene and the most intersting to watch will be when Truffaldino is running around trying to figure out whose letter is whose. I think it will be very comical and funny to watch because he has no idea what is going on. I think Florindo will seem very emotional but quite at the same time. Im really looking forward to seeing this play!
In my opinion the most entertaining part will probably be when truffaldino gets beat by his masters and the when they go back to later in the play when they find out the 2 masters are both in love for each other. They will probably perform this by having the stage with a part on Truff because it seems like everyone is after him and then the lights will flash in sync to the person that is going to chase after him first, then later focus back after he has been beaten. Then for the second beating the lights will volt in-between masters then they will make accusation after accusation, and it will focus on truff again because he knows what's coming up for himself.
The scene from "The Servent of Two Masters" that I was interested in and thought was the best scene from the directors and actors would be the scene when Beatrice is telling Clarice that he is a she. This is when he also tells her that he does not and will not marry her. I think this is one of the many parts in this interesting and lovely chosen books by mr shinnmmm-doggie doggie dog that relates to the main plot of the novel. I love this because it relates to my faith in the way the perform it.
The scene in Servant of Two Masters where Truffaldino is attempting to wait on the two masters in the inn will be a very interesting scene to see at the performance. The scene will be hard to direct because of the frantic running back and forth between the waiters, Truffaldino, and the two masters. I think how the scene will be set up is to have the stage divided into three sections, one with a table for Beatrice, one for Florindo, and another as the kitchen. The two masters will face opposite each other I would think. Then i picture the actor of Truffaldino running back and forth between the three trying to deliver the right meals to the right places.
I think that for Act 2 Scene 2 there is going to be a place for where people dine and then a place for where people are rushing in and out of the kitchen. The two masters will be sitting far away from eachother with a ton of extras in between
The scene that I portayed in class I think will be a lot different in he actual production. I think instead of trufuldino just saying he loves her he would ask her out, like in modern times. Then when he us beaten for reading the letters he would actually be beat not just the "whipping" sound we usually hear to portray someone fighting
I think the scene where he is serving his two masters at the same time he will be running back and forth between two rooms and will pause for a second and look a the audience when he says I really am the servant of two masters.
phillip foshee period 6 The scene that i liked for the servent of two masters was when Truffaldino is messing around trying to see whos letters were whos. I liked this scence because it had charecter and it was an intersting to watch. Things like this make the play better because they always seem to keep the viewer intrequed in the play.
i showed up late to the preformance so i had to watch the first act on the tv in the lobby but still enjoyed the preformance. one thing that i really liked about it was how they incorporated the city into their preformance. i liked how they made jokes about seattle and really caught the personality of the city into it like examples of the apple cup and our sports teams. i thought it made it much better just realting to the audience.
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I think that when Florindo found out that Beatrice (who is playing her borther ferdinando) was in the same town as he was and everyone thinks that she is the dead brother that when everything will become revealed, it will be through massive comedic ways. I think the servant will be trying to catch up with what the two masters wills and make a horrible mess of what he does. I believe that when Florindo finds out the brother is being played by Beatrice that at first he will be angry, but then in the end help. But i think that it is the moment that BEatrice is discovered that the real chaos and commotion will happen. All the people will be confused and hopefully will come off as hilarious and funny.
In the first scene when Truffaldino comes in and announces that Signor Federigo Rasponi of Turin is alive and wants Clarice's hand in marriage I think the actors playing Pantalone, Silvio, Clarice and all the others will have fun with the different reactions to the news of Federigo. Silvio and Clarice will be really sad and taken back. Smeraldina will have fun being sassy while Pantalone is very confused to hear that the man who was to marry his daughter was dead and is now alive. While Brighella, the innkeeper will enjoy knowing the truth about Beatrice posing as her dead brother.
I also think that the second scene where the illiterate character, Truffaldino, decides to serve two masters simply because he wants more food and money will be a funny part in the show. There are great monologues given by Truffaldino that will really bring his character to life and liven up the show. It will be interesting to watch him trying to dig himself out of sticky situations like giving the mail and money to the wrong master.
Kyle Glaer Period 2
I think one of the scenes that will be funny is that when Beatrice comes in dressed in as her brother and her "servant" comes in and tells Florindo that the dead brother is waiting for him downstairs. Then Florindo says that the person who is calling on him is dead. The servant is so dumb that he is so confused because he just left "him" downstairs and he is so confused since he just saw him alive. I think this will be done by the fake servant will overact like crazy and will have overexaggerated movements. I think the set will be dark with a very colorful outside to show a playfull attitude of the play.
Period 6 Chris Hong
The part I think is going to be really funny during the play is when Truffaldino gives his other master the letter that Florindo opened. This is becuase Truffaldino used bread to seal the letter. Truffaldino's excuses to his master was really lame and i think this could be pretty funny in the play. I think the master is going to be looking extreamly confused and weird while Truffaldino is just trying to convince his master.
Rosie Polaschek, Period Four
Truffaldino is my favourite character in The Servant of Two Masters, and I love Smeraldina as well (I'm biased because I played her in a performance, but still!). Therefore, one of my favourite scenes involves Truffaldino convincing Smeraldina to marry him. Both characters are highly exaggerated and over the top, and that scene provides the director and the actors of both characters to have a lot of fun reading between the lines and coming up with over the top comedy routines. Truffaldino is his usual bumbling, witty, idiotic self and he and Smeraldina are such a perfect match that hopefully the scene turns out to be a really funny one! Truffaldino could be played in a variety of ways, I think he has quite a lot of hidden cunning and conniving ways and I think this scene will emphasise those qualities in particular, as well as showing off Smeraldina's sillier side a little more!
Tess Opincarne
Period 6
When Truffaldino is running around trying to figure out whose letter is whose, and which master to give the bag of gold to, I think it will be fairly goofy in sort of a Mel Brooks sort of way. Or, even closer, if you have seen 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,' I imagine it to be portrayed much the same way. There will be many asides, and I think the actor will direct them more towards the audience than towards himself. I think Beatrice will act fairly haughty, trying to be a man, and that Florindo will seem compassionate but quiet.
One scene that should bei nteresting to see manifested in it's theatre glory will be when Beatrice is telling Clarice that he is a she, and does not in fact wish to marry her. In there there is also a part where they hug and then Clarice says she really believes she is a woman, where they hug then a suprised face, hand over mouth sort of look at the audience like "Oh!" from Clarice. There are many emotions, as well as a comical shift in Clarice's acting towards Beatrice, and the consequences which those acts cause. Beatrice and Clarice are to be wed even sooner, total face-palm!
Talia Cowan per 6
For Act3 Scene4 when Truffaldino tells his masters he is the servnt of 2 master's, i can see the director putting him centerstage, seeming like a hero in triumph. and then the 2 masters to either side and a little upstage. showing their confusion and both ready to beat him until he gives his full reasoning. This will be interesting to see just for all the many different relations and misscommunications.
Leticia Lopez Period 4
So um in the play.."the Servant of Two Masters", i think that like the scene imma find mad funny n yeah, is the dinner scene, like Truffaldino is tryina figure out which master wanted what n todo eso. like i can kinda picture it, the servant jus flying everywhere trying to get everything straight and also the parts where hes just eating the food to figure out what it is. I dont know, sounds funny on the paper so i can kinda imagine what its gunna be like acted out.
Sam Bellefeuille P-6
A scene that i found interesting was when two of the masters were fighting over the servant (sorry i dont remember all of their names, they are kind of odd). and the servent gets thrashed by someone who isnt his master but then gets thrashed again by his master, i can see the director making this scene like a tug of war kind of scene. i think that would be funny and isnt this play supposed to be comical? well anyways i think there will be a whip involved and some sort of loud smack sound. i am probably really very wrong, but as we were reading it that is what came into my noggin!
Preston Longoni Period 4
The scene from servant of two masters that I believe will be funny is the end, when everyone quickly and randomly decides to get married once Silvio and Clarice are allowed to marry. I think that the director will make this a big deal since it's the ending, but I think it will be funny because the character's fall in love and decide to marry so quickly. I would imagine the director would have the couples just join hands or hug, and call it marriage, then they will all face the stage. I could be very wrong thought ;-D
Matt MacDougall
Peroid 4 (10:15-11:10)
10:38:45 AM Pacific Standard Time
Thursday, January 15th 2009
A Scene that I'm looking foward tothe director interpeting is the scene where the servent is serving his two masters dinner at the same time. I think that this scene will be interesting because the director can either have to two masters facing away from each other with the servent running between the two or it could be at a resturant style . I really don't know, but whatever the director decides to interpit the scene as im sure that it will be hillarious.
Sam Franklin per 6
I am interested to see how the actors will perform the scene where Truffaldino explains all of the mix-ups to Florindo and Beatrice while still trying not to be found out. When we were reading it I pictured him having to go back and forth changing something so that he would look like the right person to each of his masters and running back and forth between them changing quickly between them. I think that if done right this show will be really entertaining and funny.
Katie Hodgson
Per2
The part i think is going to be funny is the part with Truffaldino has to be the waiter for both of his masters. I think they will have the stage divided into two sections and Truffaldino is running around crazily. And i cant wait to see him eating the food for himself because that seems like it would be pretty funny. Or just any part when he has to figure out what goes to his masters.
I'm picking the scene when truffaldeno is serving dinner to both of his masters at the same time. I think this show be put on with two doors with the kitchen in the middlen and him running back and forth between the doors to both masters. There will be one cook and a servant type trying to help him but they are slowint him down and getting in his way. Truffaldeno qull be falling all over the place and mummering things under his breath and running crazily around. It will be one of the funniest parts of the play.
Tanner Low Per. 4
I scene that i think is very interesting is when Truffaldino is serving his two master's dinner and actually does it without the two noticing. I think that this scene would be very funny as far as the physical comedy goes, even though the lines seem kinda boring when you read it. I can't wait to see how it is portrayed by the director and how they show the two masters and keeping them separate but still have truffaldino serving them both in secret.
Michelle Le, period 2
I liked the scene when Truffeldino has to serve both his masters at once during dinner. I'm curious as to how the director and actors will play it out since it is supposed to be extremely funny. I think they'll be showing two rooms and a kitchen in the middle so that the audience will be able to see Truffaldino walking in and out of each room. It'll probably be really hectic, with a bunch of shouting from Beatrice and Florindo. They'll probably have food too, with Truffeldino trying everything he can get his hands on. I hope that it's funny.
Heather Thomas Period 2
I can't wait for the end of this play. I think it will be the funniest and best part. When Truffaldino has both suit cases of his two masters and they both come up at different times and he mixes up there belongings will be cool. I think the director is going to have one master come in from one part of the stage and exit the same way. Right when he's exiting the other master will come the opposite way almost running into each other. During this whole scene Truffaldino is going to be freaking out and obvious to make the scene even funnier.
Mandi DeLaVergne
Period 6
I think a scene that will be interesting is when the servant is juggling between the two masters. The director may be able to put this into a very funny scene which will be very great to watch. He could possibly put both masters in seperate rooms where we watch the servant run back and forth. It would be very entertaining. I am looking forward to a few good laughs during this play!
I am also looking forward to see when the two love birds Trufaldino and Smerladina meet.
Shae Hurst Period 6
A scene that I found very interesting to read and that I think will be even more interesting to see on stage is the part of A Servant of Two Masters, when Truffaldino goes through his two masters’ luggage. At this scene he has already confused himself as to whose luggage is whose, and he decides to open up each suitcase so he can try and determine which is which. It was funny while reading it because he mixes up Beatrice’s and Florindo’s items and then invents a story of how the foreign objects are his and how he received them upon the death of his former master. This of course leads Beatrice and Florindo to suppose the other is dead, and thus they are both very upset by the news. When we see it on stage next Saturday I think that this scene will be played out in a way that is especially comical. I can see the stage maybe being separated into two sections so that Truffaldino can converse with his two masters who are unaware the other exists. I think that the two suitcases will be on either end of the stage. Also I think that during this scene the actors will come very close to seeing each other and finding out Truffaldino’s secret, but by some hilarious miracle they will remain separated.
I think that for the dinner scene, the director will have the stage divided into three parts. In the middle will be the kitchen and the two waiters, and then to the right and left will be Florindo and Beatrice having their seperate dinners. i think that Truffaldino will then have to run back and forth between the two rooms as he tries to figure out which food goes with which master, without letting them know about the other. The best part of this scene will be the two waiter standing in the kitchen. Even thought it's their job to give the food, I think it will be funny how they just stand there and watch truffaldino running franitcally back and forth across the stage with large amounts of food.
Jordan Adam Per. 4
Act III Scene 1
In this scene, Truffaldino is preparing to open both his masters’ trunks side by side in one of the inn’s rooms. He, of course, mixes up some objects in the wrong trunks after hastily return belongings to trunks when he hears someone approaching. Each of his masters finds things owned by Truffaldino’s other master in their trunks and demands to know about them.
With a scene so focused on the two trunks, they should be placed center stage facing upstage. That way Truffaldino can open each trunk without worrying about whether the audience will see inside them, and the physical focus onstage matches the focus of the script. Since it’s also a hotel room there should be only one doorway in or out of the scene, forcing characters to only enter and exit from that door. Truffaldino would mostly stand in front of the trunks, or beside them in reaction to one of his masters entering. He might even stand between the trunks and the door to “protect” his mistakes.
Mackenzie Engel
Period 6
Along with the majority of the class, i think the scene that I am most looking forward to seeing is the one in which Truffaldino opens both of his masters trunks in the inn and manages to mix up all of their belongings. Because the scene was relatively comical, even just in the reading, i am assuming that it will be hysterical when preformed on stage. Emptying the trunks beside each other was such an illogical thing to do that I could barely believe it happened. It seemed so ludicrous that Truffaldino could manage to mess up so badly that i am really curious as to how the actors will preform it. I think that the trunks will be placed close enough together on stage that it would be plausible that their contents could be mixed together and that Truffaldino will be running between them speaking to his two masters (who will clearly be in sight distance of each other, but will be pretending not to be). However, having no background whatsoever in theater, my guess is extremely uneducated.
Megan Pinzon period 4
I feel like in the scene where Truffeldino is serving his two masters at the dinner table it will be very fast paced and funny with him running between the two dinning rooms and the waiters looking at him like he is crazy. It would be staged in the kitchen with him running on and off stage and his masters shouting from either side.
Selena Swaim, per 2
At the end of act 1 scene 3, Clarice is upset that her hand is being promised to Federigo. Beatrice asks for a word with her, trying to expose her secret about only dressing as her brother. In the play, I think Clarice will be over dramatic with her disdain towards Beatrice. She will be acting as if [he] is ruining her life, and Beatrice will be getting frustrated because she knows that Clarice's anger is unnecessary. The part where Beatrice says she is actually a woman will be very funny for the audience because the fact will be so obvious to us, but a great surprise to Clarice. Pantalone will enter when they are hugging, and obviously take it completely the wrong way. I think the director will have Beatrice and Clarice running around frantically, trying to convince Pantalone that they don't want to get married. But each time they open their mouths, Pantalone will cut them off to speak of having a wedding. Pantalone will exit the stage walking tall and happy because the situation is settled (so he thinks), and Beatrice and Clarice will be left dumbfounded as their situation has just gotten worse.
i think that the most entertaining part will be when truffaldino gets beat by his masters and the when they refer back to it later when they discover there are 2 masters and the masters are lovers.
the way they will probably perform this is have the stage set with a fixation on Truff because it seems like everyone is after him and then the lights will flutter to who is going to go after him first and then focus back after he has been beaten. then for the second beating the lights will flash from master to master with accusation after accusation and then it will focus on truff again because he knows whats coming.
Christin Thrane
Period 4
I think the scene where the servant, Truffaldino is juggling between the two masters dinners will be amusing because there will be a lot of stress and confusion while he is trying to satisfy his own hunger at the same time.
I think this scene can be made very funny with good actors and the right staging. I’m picturing the scene as two rooms next to each other so we can se the impatience of the master who’s not being served at the time. I can also imagine there being a kitchen in between so we can se all that Truffaldino is doing.
Jessica Karr p.4
In the scene where the servant accidentally gives the wrong master the bag of money, I think they will perform it so that everything seems calm and normal when the servant gives the bag to the master he thinks the bag goes to. However, once the audience is clued in to the fact that it was the wrong master, then there may be more action and a much wider range of expressions on the characters' faces.
Andrew Kemis Period 6
I believe that the post office scene will be extremely funny. This is where Truffaldino is asked by his first and original master to go get his letters from the post office. For this scene I think the director will have the stage represent three different areas one will be the post office and the other two areas where his masters will be. Truffaldino will go to one section of the stage to gather the mail where he gets the two masters letters. The masters meanwhile will be waiting for him one different sides of the stage. Only the area where the actions are taking place will be light and the others dark.
Gabe Gonzalez Period 2
The most entertaining scene in the Servant of Two Masters should be when Truffildino serves dinner to both masters. In this scene Truffildino is running back and forth between the rooms of Florindo, Beatrice and the kitchen in efforts to serve dinner while trying to figure out which dishes belong to which master. I think the director will have all three settings on the stage at once, with Truffaldino scrambling in and out of doors between them.
Kaiti Staup Period 4
I think that the scene where the two get caught opening the master's note will be interesting because we will get to see the relationship between them develop. I think the witty banter and the disagreement between the servants and their masters will be fun to watch. This was the scene that Spencer and I interpreted in class and I imagine it being in a really low-lit setting with stone buildings, and dim lights from the surrounding pubs illuminating the faces of the servants until the masters open the pub door to expose them and the opened letter.
Stephanie Bateman per. 2
I think that it will be very interesting to see how the director portrays the scene when truffaldino is trying to keep his identity hidden from his two masters after they are finished eating, and when both of them beat him. I think that instead of having the masters beat truffaldino with a stick they will do something more realistic and modern.
Andrew Pilgrim Period 4
The scene in the restautant when Truffaldino has to wait on both masters for dinner could be a very funny scene. I think that the directors should really use walls and doors in order to really create a sense of separation between Florindo's table and Beatrice's table. It could be easily set in modern times because the scene really just focuses around a dinner. Having swinging doors could make the entrances and exits very funny and having the characters moving around a lot would also add to the suspense of Truffaldino not being caught. I think to set the stage up with two 'rooms' and a hallway in between them it would make the most sense and would be easiest to do the food mix up sequences.
One scene that I look forward to is when Truffeldino gets a beating from both masters. This scene should especially funny. Due to his silly, devious character, I have envisioned Truffeldino to be a plump, greasy, sly man. I decided that I did not quite agree with Truffeldino’s devious behavior, especially when he betrays poor Smeralderina. Thus, I expect to enjoy his spontaneous, lame excuses as well as the consequences. However, Truffeldino comes clean in the end, and thus my enmity towards him doesn’t last.
Rebecca Taicz Period 6
I think the scene where Truffaldino is 'airing out' the clothes of both Beatrice and Florindo and gets them mixed up will be interesting. If I was director, there would be two large chests, and Truffaldino would bring everything out onto a large table or on the ground in front of him, starting out by seperating the two piles but evenetually mixing them as the piles grew larger. When Florindo called him he would rise quickly, accidently mixing the piles even more, and as he goes to throw everything back into the trunks some objects would get thrown about the room, or kicked under something, leaving it painfully obvious that someone had been through both trunks and the audience knowing without doubt that some objects had been switched.
I was not able to read A Servant of Two Masters in class because I was gone all week due to medical related absences. But Kaiti Staup briefed me on the plot and I read a few scenes online. One of the scenes I read, was the one where they are just finished eating while Truffaldino is concealing his identity, I think this will be a very ironic scene with dry, not upfront humor. The part where he is beaten shortly following will be interesting to see acted out on stage, and see whether it is realistic or not.
Kristina Thorson
per 2
The scene that i liked the most was when Truffaldino was running between each of the two masters. I think it will be pretty funny watching the actor run between and get confused. It will also be funny to see each of the masters react to the confusion of that scene. The commotion that I assume will take place on stage will be pretty funny.
Karin Ochsner Period 3
The first scene from the Servant of Two Masters when Signor Federigo Rasponi wants to marry Clarice. Of course they will all be surprised that by the fact that Signor Federigo is alive. But also all the other characters in the play will bring in different aspects as well. They will bring in different drama to keep the play alive.
Montana Ferris / Period 2
I chose the scene where Truffaldino recieves money from Pantalone to give to Beatrice, but then mistakenly gives it to Florindo. This scene could be done well if the director set it in modern times, because it's all about mistaken identity. This would add an element of humor and allow the audience to relate to the characters and the situation.
Stuart Dransfield
Period 4
I chose the scene where Truffeldino is trying to serve both of his masters dinner at once and also ends up eating some of the food himself. I imagine that they would build a sort of a cutaway of both the rooms where they are eating dinner and have the kitchen in the middle of the two.
Jinny Kim p.4
A scene I think that is going to be really funny in the play is a when Clarice and Silvio tries to get marry but Florindo's servant came into them and say his master alive, So everyone gets confused. This will be funny, when a servant get confused and show how he feels with his face and emotion. Also when everyone acts same when they heard about Florindo alive.
trisha hancock
period 2
the scene when the servent was order dinner for both masters and trying not to get caught, but kept screwing up and setting up the wrong stuff. I think they will perform this scene by having the master in different parts of the restuarant and him bringing and setting up different stuff then they wanted in a funny way. I think this play will be really funny, and im excited!
Brian Penoyer, Period 2
I think one of the best scenes is going to be the very last one, when truffaldino gives his explanation. When I think of Truffaldino's character, as far as his role in cemedia del arte, I think of him as the clever and sly one who's always in control of the situation. Very much like puck in shakespeare, only less flamboyant and more subtle. So I think the last scene will be perfect for him because he can show how cunning and bold he is while explaining everything he's done, because he orchestrated the whole thing. (even if it was partly accidental)
Joel Maltos
Period 4
The scene i chose to depict would be the scene where the master found the girl dressing up as the dead brother. Of course, the master would act in shock or histeria, but the girl's reaction towards the master would be difficult to determine. Also, the scenery of the scene would be dark. It would be dark like the movie "Sleeping Hollow" with jonny depp. The make up of the people would be dark and so would the backround. I just see this scene as a very dark and creepy scene.
The scene where they think that signor Rasponi is alive and has to marry clarice will be a very uprising and shocking scene. I can see them being in a loft and all sitting around it big chairs discussing life and then being interuppted out of no where. I think that they will all be dressed like villagers kinda like in olden times and that the scene will have alot of hectic and angry gestures. They will probably be wearing some kind of robes or something. They will probably all get very agnry and throw a fit and make a huge scene about it. This is how i can see this being preformed.
andy wolfe period 2
the scene where the servant is serving the two masters is one of my favorite scenes. i think that the ditecter will show it by having the two masterse on stage at the same time and having a screen thats divides them and then having the servant go from one side to the other and the two masters acting like they have no idea.
Regan McComb period 6
My favorite scene is the one where truffaldino is serving dinner to both of the masters at the same time and they have no idea that this is happening. I think this scene will be really hectic because he is trying to please both masters and attend to their needs all at the same time. This will also be a very comedic scene because he will have a hard time to go back and forth between the two. I'm really looking forward to seeing this play because it's in english and will be very easy to understand!
Kayla Aldridge
Period 6
The scene i think will be really funny and entertaing to watch is when Beatrice comes in dressed in as her brother and her "servant" comes in and tells Florindo that the dead brother is awaiting him downstairs .The servant is really stupid and get confused. I think this scence will have over emphasized movements. I also am very excited to see the setting of the play. Overall Im really looking forward to watching this play because its in english andwill be easy to understand.
Clayton Butler
Period 2
My favorite scene and the most intersting to watch will be when Truffaldino is running around trying to figure out whose letter is whose. I think it will be very comical and funny to watch because he has no idea what is going on. I think Florindo will seem very emotional but quite at the same time. Im really looking forward to seeing this play!
In my opinion the most entertaining part will probably be when truffaldino gets beat by his masters and the when they go back to later in the play when they find out the 2 masters are both in love for each other. They will probably perform this by having the stage with a part on Truff because it seems like everyone is after him and then the lights will flash in sync to the person that is going to chase after him first, then later focus back after he has been beaten. Then for the second beating the lights will volt in-between masters then they will make accusation after accusation, and it will focus on truff again because he knows what's coming up for himself.
Zoe Thiemann
Period 6
s not in fact wish to marry her.
The scene from "The Servent of Two Masters" that I was interested in and thought was the best scene from the directors and actors would be the scene when Beatrice is telling Clarice that he is a she. This is when he also tells her that he does not and will not marry her. I think this is one of the many parts in this interesting and lovely chosen books by mr shinnmmm-doggie doggie dog that relates to the main plot of the novel. I love this because it relates to my faith in the way the perform it.
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Nathan Zimmerman, Per. 6
The scene in Servant of Two Masters where Truffaldino is attempting to wait on the two masters in the inn will be a very interesting scene to see at the performance. The scene will be hard to direct because of the frantic running back and forth between the waiters, Truffaldino, and the two masters. I think how the scene will be set up is to have the stage divided into three sections, one with a table for Beatrice, one for Florindo, and another as the kitchen. The two masters will face opposite each other I would think. Then i picture the actor of Truffaldino running back and forth between the three trying to deliver the right meals to the right places.
Lacey per. 4
I think that for Act 2 Scene 2 there is going to be a place for where people dine and then a place for where people are rushing in and out of the kitchen.
The two masters will be sitting far away from eachother with a ton of extras in between
Spencer asavadejkajorn period 4
The scene that I portayed in class I think will be a lot different in he actual production. I think instead of trufuldino just saying he loves her he would ask her out, like in modern times. Then when he us beaten for reading the letters he would actually be beat not just the "whipping" sound we usually hear to portray someone fighting
I think the scene where he is serving his two masters at the same time he will be running back and forth between two rooms and will pause for a second and look a the audience when he says I really am the servant of two masters.
phillip foshee period 6
The scene that i liked for the servent of two masters was when Truffaldino is messing around trying to see whos letters were whos. I liked this scence because it had charecter and it was an intersting to watch. Things like this make the play better because they always seem to keep the viewer intrequed in the play.
michael haines
period 4
i showed up late to the preformance so i had to watch the first act on the tv in the lobby but still enjoyed the preformance. one thing that i really liked about it was how they incorporated the city into their preformance. i liked how they made jokes about seattle and really caught the personality of the city into it like examples of the apple cup and our sports teams. i thought it made it much better just realting to the audience.
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