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