La locandiera (play)

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La locandiera is an 18th-century Italian comedy by Carlo Goldoni that centers on a clever innkeeper who skillfully manipulates her suitors, and is considered one of his most famous and frequently performed plays.

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La Locandiera (Italian TV) 1
La locandiera (play) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian play ⓘ
play ⓘ
stage comedy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Mistress of the Inn ⓘ
author Carlo Goldoni ⓘ
centralTheme critique of misogyny ⓘ
female autonomy ⓘ
love and manipulation ⓘ
social class and status ⓘ
characterOccupation Mirandolina is an innkeeper ⓘ
characterTrait Il Cavaliere di Ripafratta is a professed woman-hater ⓘ
Mirandolina is witty and resourceful ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dramaticForm prose comedy ⓘ
dramaticStructure three-act structure ⓘ
educationalUse commonly performed in theatre schools ⓘ
frequently studied in Italian literature courses ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1753 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Teatro Sant’Angelo, Venice ⓘ
firstPublisher Venetian theatrical publishers of the mid-18th century ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
comedy of manners ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
opera adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
influenced later European comedies of manners ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century ⓘ
mainCharacter Fabrizio ⓘ
Il Cavaliere di Ripafratta ⓘ
Il Conte d’Albafiorita ⓘ
Il Marchese di Forlipopoli ⓘ
Mirandolina ⓘ
movement Italian Enlightenment theatre ⓘ
notableFor frequent performance in Italian repertory theatre ⓘ
realistic characterization and dialogue ⓘ
strong, complex female lead ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle La locandiera ⓘ
partOf Carlo Goldoni’s reform of Italian theatre ⓘ
partOfCanon standard repertoire of Italian theatre ⓘ
plotSummary A clever innkeeper, Mirandolina, manages and manipulates several suitors, including a misogynistic nobleman, to assert her independence and social power. ⓘ
protagonist Mirandolina ⓘ
recurringMotif disguise of intentions in courtship ⓘ
hospitality and the inn as a social crossroads ⓘ
settingLocation Florence ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carlo Goldoni → hasWorkInTheCollection → La locandiera (play) ⓘ
Mariangela Melato → notableWork → La Locandiera (Italian TV) ⓘ
linked to: La locandiera (play)