Theatre In The Square

                            

Mirandolina

by Ranjit Bolt
After Carlo Goldini

Directed by Colin Gregory

     30 November - 3 December 2022                          14 - 19 August 2023

            Pentameters Theatre                                        Hill Street Theatre
                 The Horseshoe                                                  19 Hill Street
         28 Heath Street, Hampstead                                Edinburgh,  EH2 3JP
               London, NW3 6TE

Cast

                                                            Mirandolina    Samantha Charles                                                                                                Marquis of Forlipopoli     Matthew Pert
                                                    Count Albafiorita     Gavin Rodgers
                                                               Ripafratta     Guy Muneesamy
                                                                  Fabrizio     Edward Smith*
                                                                 Ortensia     Mary Brown/ Lynn Fidler
                                                                 Dejanira     Emanuela Giacalone*/ Rosie Fiore Burt
                                              The Count's Servant     Ted Fiore-Burt*

(*First timer performer with Theatre in the Square)

Mirandolina the inn-keeper is courted by noblemen at her house in Florence. But having enchanted them she drops them. Another admirer is the sardonic misogynist Ripafratta whom she sees as a challenge to win. She lures and seduces, using flattery and charm to gull him. He becomes serious, playing on his rank and, flushed with his first real love, is furious when Mirandolina rejects him. Mirandolina has all along been keen on her faithful waiter Fabrizio and ends up marrying him, having tested his fidelity, as a protection against the livid Ripafratta.

Last updated 22 August 2023