Carlo Goldoni. innkeeper

innkeeper
Summary comedy
Count Albafiorita and the Marquis of Forlipopoli lived in the same Florentine hotel for almost three months and all this time they sorted things out, arguing about what was more important, big name or a full purse: the marquis reproached the count for having bought the county, while the count parried the attacks of the marquis, recalling that he bought the county about the same time that the marquis was forced to sell his marquisate. Most likely, disputes so unworthy of aristocrats would not have been fought if it were not for the mistress of that hotel, the charming Mirandolina, with whom both of them were in love. The count tried to win the heart of Mirandodina with rich gifts, while the marquis kept showing off the patronage that she supposedly could expect from him. Mirandolina did not give preference to either one or the other, demonstrating deep indifference to both, while the hotel servants clearly appreciated the count more, who lived on a sequin a day, than the marquis, who spent three paolos at most.
Once again starting a dispute about the comparative merits of nobility and wealth, the count and the marquis called for a third guest to judge - the cavalier Ripafratt. The cavalier admitted that, no matter how glorious the name, it is always good to have money to satisfy all sorts of whims, but the reason for which the argument flared up caused him a fit of contemptuous laughter: they also figured out why to quarrel - because for the women! The cavalier Ripafratta himself never liked these same women and didn’t put them at all. Struck by such an unusual attitude towards the fair sex, the count and the marquis began to paint the gentleman's charms of the hostess, but he stubbornly maintained that Mirandolina was a woman like a woman, and there was nothing in her that would distinguish her from the others.
The hostess found the guests behind such conversations, to whom the count immediately presented another gift of love - diamond earrings; Mirandolina chimed in for decency, but then accepted the gift only, according to her, so as not to offend the Signor Count.
Mirandolina, who was forced to maintain the hotel on her own after the death of her father, was, in general, tired of the constant red tape of the guests, but the gentleman’s speech still seriously hurt her vanity - just think, to speak so dismissively about her charms! Silently, Mirandolina decided to use all her skill and overcome the foolish and unnatural dislike of the gentleman Ripafratt for women.
When the gentleman demanded to change his bed linen, she, instead of sending a servant to his room, went there herself. By this she once again aroused the displeasure of the servant, Fabrizio, whom her father, dying, read to her as her husband. To the timid reproaches of the enamored Fabrizio, Mirandolina replied that she would think about her father’s covenant when she got married, but for now her flirting with the guests was very beneficial to the institution. So, having come to the gentleman, she was deliberately humble and obliging, managed to strike up a conversation with him, and in the end, resorting to subtle tricks interspersed with rude flattery, even endeared him to her.
In the meantime, two new guests arrived at the hotel, the actresses Dejanira and Ortensia, whom Fabrizio, misled by their outfits, mistook for noble ladies and began to call them “excellences”. The girls were amused by the servant's mistake, and, deciding to have some fun, introduced themselves one as a Corsican baroness, the other as a countess from Rome. Mirandolina immediately saw through their innocent lies, but out of love for funny practical jokes, she promised not to expose the actresses.
In the presence of the newly arrived ladies, the marquis, with great ceremonies, presented Mirandolina with the rarest handkerchief, as he said, English work. Posing rather not for the wealth of the donor, but for his title, Dejanira and Ortensia immediately called the marquis to dine with them, but when the count appeared and presented the hostess with a diamond necklace in front of their eyes, the girls, instantly soberly assessing the situation, decided to dine with the count as with man is undoubtedly more worthy and promising.
Ripafratta's cavalier was served dinner earlier than everyone else that day. Moreover, this time Mirandolina added to the usual dishes a sauce prepared by her own hand, and then she herself brought a stew of unearthly taste to the gentleman's room. Wine was served with the stew. Declaring that she was crazy about Burgundy, Mirandolina drank a glass, then, as if by the way, sat down at the table and began to eat and drink with her gentleman - the marquis and count would burst with envy at the sight of this scene, since both of them more than once they begged her to share the meal, but they always met with a decisive refusal. Soon the gentleman sent the servant out of the room, and spoke to Mirandolina with courtesy, which he had never expected from himself before.
Their seclusion was violated by the importunate marquis. Nothing to do, they poured him Burgundy and put the stew. Satisfied, the marquis took from his pocket a miniature bottle of the most exquisite, as he claimed, Cypriot wine, brought by him in order to please his dear hostess. He poured this wine into glasses the size of a thimble, and then, being generous, sent the same glasses to the count and his ladies. The rest of the Cypriot - vile liquor to the taste of the gentleman and Mirandolina - he carefully corked and put back in his pocket; before leaving, he also sent a full-fledged bottle of Canarian, sent in response by the count, to the same place. Mirandolina left the gentleman shortly after the Marquis, but by this time he was quite ready to confess his love to her.
At a merry dinner, the count and the actresses laughed to their heart's content at the poor and greedy marquis. The actresses promised the count, when their whole troupe arrived, to bring this type on the stage in the most hilarious way, to which the count replied that it would also be very funny to introduce the adamant misogynist gentleman in some play. Not believing that such things happen, the girls, for the sake of fun, undertook to turn the gentleman’s head right now, but it didn’t hurt them. With great reluctance, the cavalier agreed to speak to them and more or less began to talk only when Dejanira and Ortensia admitted that they were not noble ladies at all, but simple actresses. However, after chatting a little, he eventually cursed the actresses anyway and sent them out.
The cavalier had no time for empty chatter, because he realized with bewildered fear that he had fallen into the net of Mirandolina and that if he did not leave before evening, this charming woman would completely slay him. Gathering his will into a fist, he announced his immediate departure, and Mirandolina gave him a bill. At the same time, desperate sadness was written on her face, then she let out a tear, and a little later she completely collapsed into a faint. When the gentleman gave the girl a decanter of water, he already called her nothing more than dear and beloved, and sent the servant who appeared with a sword and travel hat to hell. He advised the count with the marquis who came to the noise to get out there and, for persuasiveness, launched a decanter at them.
Mirandolina celebrated the victory. Now she needed only one thing - for everyone to know about her triumph, which should serve to shame the husbands and the glory of the female.
Mirandolina stroked, and Fabrizio obediently brought her heated irons, although he was in frustrated feelings - he was driven to despair by the frivolity of his beloved, her undeniable predilection for noble and rich gentlemen. Maybe Mirandolina would like to console the unfortunate young man, but did not do this, because she believed that it was not time yet. She was able to please Fabrizio only by sending back to the gentleman the precious golden bottle with healing lemon balm water, which he had transferred.
But it was not so easy to get rid of the gentleman - offended, he personally presented Mirandolina with a bottle and began to persistently impose it on her as a gift. Mirandolina flatly refused to accept this gift, and in general it was as if they had replaced her: she now behaved coldly with her gentleman, answered him extremely sharply and unkindly, and explained her fainting by forcibly pouring Burgundy into her mouth. At the same time, she addressed Fabrizio with emphatic tenderness, and to top it all, having accepted the bottle from her gentleman, she casually threw it into the laundry basket. Here, the cavalier, driven to the extreme, burst into ardent love confessions, but in response he received only evil ridicule - Mirayadolina cruelly triumphed over the defeated enemy, who was unaware that in her eyes he had always been only an adversary and nothing more.
Left to himself, the gentleman could not recover for a long time after an unexpected blow, until he was slightly distracted from his sad thoughts by the marquis, who appeared to demand satisfaction - but not for the scolded honor of the nobility, but material, for a spattered caftan. The cavalier, as was to be expected, again sent him to hell, but then the bottle thrown by Mirandolina caught the eyes of the marquis, and he tried to remove the stains with its contents. The bottle itself, considering it to be bronze, he presented to Dejanira under the guise of gold. What was his horror when a servant came for the same bottle and testified that it was really gold and that twelve sequins had been paid for it: the honor of the marquis hung in the balance, because it was impossible to take away the gift from the countess, that is, it was necessary to pay for it Mirandolina, and not a penny of money ...
The Count interrupted the gloomy reflections of the Marquis. Angry as hell, he declared that since the cavalier had won the undeniable favor of Mirandolina, he, the Count of Albafiorita, had nothing to do here, he was leaving. Wanting to punish the ungrateful hostess, he persuaded the actresses and the marquis to move out of her, enticing the latter with a promise to live with his friend for free.
Frightened by the fury of the gentleman and not knowing what else to expect from him, Mirandolina, meanwhile, locked herself in her room and, sitting locked up, strengthened herself in the thought that it was time for her to marry Fabrizio as soon as possible - marriage with him would become a reliable protection for her and her name, freedom , in fact, will not cause any damage. The cavalier justified Mirandolina's fears - he began with all his strength to break into her door. The count and the marquis, who came running to the noise, forcibly dragged the gentleman from the door, after which the count told him that by his actions he had clearly proved that he was madly in love with Mirandolina and, therefore, could no longer be called a misogynist. The enraged cavalier in response accused the count of slander, and there would have been a bloody duel, but at the last moment it turned out that the sword borrowed by the cavalier from the Marquis was a piece of iron with a handle.
Fabrizio and Mirandolina pulled away the unlucky duelists. Backed against the wall, the gentleman was finally forced to publicly admit that Mirandolina conquered him. Mirandolina was only waiting for this recognition - after listening to him, she announced that she was marrying the one whom her father had read for her husband - Fabrizio.
The whole story convinced Cavalier Ripafratta that it is not enough to despise women, one must also run away from them, so as not to inadvertently fall under their irresistible power. When he hurriedly left the hotel, Mirandolina nevertheless experienced remorse. She politely but insistently asked the count and the marquis to follow the gentleman - now that she had a fiancé, Mirandolina had no need for their gifts, and even more so patronage.

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Carlo Goldoni innkeeper

Carlo Goldoni

A brilliant comedy by the great Italian with a benefit role for the theater prima. The immortal comedy by Carlo Goldoni "The Innkeeper" is always relevant, but, oddly enough, this play has hardly been staged for the last 40 years. Eternal themes: Love and passion. Cunning Woman and Wealthy Man. Tender Feeling and Cynical Calculation. Mirandolina, main character"Tavernkeepers" were played by Sarah Bernard, Vera Maretskaya, Natalia Gundareva in the TV movie...

CHARACTERS

Cavalier Ripafratta.

Marquis of Forlipopoli.

Count Albafiorita.

Mirandolina, the owner of the hotel.

Ortensia \

Dejanira/ actresses.

Fabrizio, lackey in the hotel.

Servant of the Cavalier.

Servant of the Count.

The action takes place in Florence, in the hotel Mirandolina.

STEP ONE

PHENOMENON FIRST

Hotel hall.

Count and Marquis.

marquis. There is some difference between me and you!

Graph. In a hotel, your money is worth as much as mine.

marquis. But if the hostess shows attention to me, it suits me more than you.

Graph. Why, tell me?

marquis. I am the Marquis of Forlipopoli.

Graph. And I am the Count of Albafiorita.

marquis. Count too! County purchased.

Graph. I bought the county when you sold your marquisate.

marquis. Well, enough! I am me! I need to be treated with respect.

Graph. Who denies you respect? You yourself speak with such swagger that...

marquis. I am in this hotel because I love the hostess. Everyone knows about it. And everyone should respect the girl that I like.

Graph. That's cute! Do you want to forbid me to love Mirandolina? Why do you think I'm in Florence? Why do you think I'm in this hotel?

marquis. So that's great. Only you won't get anything.

Graph. It won't work for me, but will it work for you?

marquis. I'll get it and you won't. I am me. Mirandolina needs my patronage.

Graph. Mirandolina needs money, not patronage.

marquis. Money? There will be money!

Graph. I spend a sequin a day, Signor Marquis, and I always give her something!

marquis. I don't talk about what I do.

Graph. Even though you don't talk, everyone knows anyway.

marquis. They know, but not all.

Graph. They know, dear Signor Marquis, they know. The servants are not silent. Three paolos a day.

marquis. Speaking of servants. There is one among them, whose name is Fabrizio. I don't like him very much. It seems to me that Mirandolina looks at him.

Graph. It is possible that she would not mind marrying him. It would be nice. It's been six months since her father died. It is not easy for a young and lonely girl to run a hotel. I, for my part, promised her three hundred crowns if she married.

marquis. If she decides to marry, I will patronize her. And I'll do it... Well, I already know what I'll do...

Graph. Come here! Let's be good friends! Let's give three hundred each.

marquis. What I do, I do in secret. And I don't brag. I am me! (Calls.) Hey, somebody!

Graph(to the side). Completely out of whack. After all, a beggar, but puffed up!

PHENOMENON TWO

The same and Fabrizio.

Fabrizio(Marquis). What do you order, sir?

marquis. Signor? Who taught you manners?

Fabrizio. Guilty.

Graph(to Fabrizio). Can you tell me how the hostess is doing?

Fabrizio. Wow, your highness.

marquis. Got up already?

Fabrizio. I got up, Your Excellency.

marquis. Donkey!

Fabrizio. Why a donkey, Your Excellency?

marquis. What is this lordship?

Fabrizio. Title. I call you the same as this other gentleman.

marquis. There is a difference between us.

Graph(to Fabrizio). Do you hear?

Fabrizio(Quietly, count). He speaks the truth. There is a difference. You can see it in the accounts.

marquis. Tell the landlady to come here. I need to talk to her.

Fabrizio. I'm listening, your grace. Now right?

marquis. OK. Three months as you know it, and you do it out of spite, insolent!

Fabrizio. As you wish, Your Grace.

Graph. Do you want to know what the difference is between the marquis and me?

marquis. What do you want to say?

Graph. Here you go. This is sequin. Let him give you another.

Fabrizio. Thank you, Your Excellency. (to the Marquis) Your Grace...

marquis. I don't throw money away. Get out!

Fabrizio(Marquis). God bless you, your grace. (Aside.) No fools! When you are not on your estate, save not titles, but money, if you want to be respected. (Exits.)

PHENOMENON THREE

Marquis and Count.

marquis. Are you thinking of taking over me with handouts? Nothing will come of it! My name means more than all your sequins.

Graph. I appreciate not what it means. I appreciate what you can spend.

marquis. Well, waste your money. Mirandolina doesn't respect you.

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The guests of one of the hotels in Florence, the Marquis of Forlipopoli and the Count of Alfabafiorita, have been arguing for more than three months, figuring out what is more useful; from a tight purse or a high-profile title? The charming Mirandolina, the beautiful hostess, generously adds fuel to the fire of heated disputes.

Each of the disputants paves his way to the rebellious heart of his beloved: the count spends a sequin every day on expensive gifts, the marquis colorfully paints the endless possibilities that his patronage can give. Both of them promise to remove the unbearable burden of hotel management from the fragile shoulders of an early orphaned girl. However, Mirandolina equally indifferently accepts the courtship of both candidates, although the attendants prefer the count's generosity.

Once, at the resumption of the dispute, the competitors asked their gentleman Ripafratt, another occupant of the same hotel, to judge. Ripafratt agreed with the marquis that a sonorous name is of course important, and in support of the count, he said that life without money is generally devoid of any meaning. Having learned about the reason for the long dispute, the cavalier burst into unrestrained laughter and betrayed to his astonished rivals that, in his opinion, any hunting dog is four times better than the most beautiful woman.

Having learned from her admirers about the contemptuous attitude of the gentleman Ripafratta towards the fair sex, Mirandolina decided to teach the narcissistic ignoramus a lesson. Personally visiting the gentleman, under the pretext of changing the bed linen, she put a maximum of charm, diligence and outright flattery to interest and captivate him. Fabrizio, an enamored hotel valet, is watching the stormy flirting of the hostess with hidden sadness. It was this young and diligent worker that the deceased father of Mirandolina predicted to his daughter as a husband. The girl laughed merrily in response to Fabrizio's timid remarks that her innocent pranks only serve to attract guests.

More confusion in busy life the inhabitants were brought in by two actresses of the itinerant troupe, Ortensia and Dejanira. Dressed in magnificent outfits borrowed from theatrical props, they easily misled the lackey, who mistook them for splendid ladies. Inspired by Fabrizio's blunder, Ortensia introduced herself as a baroness from Palermo, Dejanira as a Countess del Sole, from Rome. The hostess of the hotel, after a short conversation, saw through the cheats, but promised to support their excellent game.

The newly minted "noble ladies" vying with each other try to captivate the marquis and the count, in the hope of generous gifts. Mirandolina, on the other hand, continues to weave a skillful love web around Ripafratt's gentleman. Treats him with dishes of his own cooking - delicious stew and sauce. As a token of gratitude, the gentleman, who is becoming more amiable every minute, invites the girl to the table and treats her with wine. The idyllic picture is broken by the restless marquis; he joins the meal and invites everyone present to taste supposedly real Cypriot wine (according to the caustic remark of Ripafratt, a very vile liquor). The marquis, offended, leaves, and Mirandolina, citing a lot of urgent matters, leaves the excited gentleman, almost ready to confess to her the surging feelings.

Meanwhile, the count and the actresses, talking sweetly, made fun of the greed and poverty of the marquis. The girls promised that after the arrival of the entire theatrical fraternity, they would definitely make fun of these not the most beautiful qualities of human nature in one of the plays. The count asked to add misogyny to this list. Intrigued, the actresses decided to spin the gentleman Ripafratt, but he, carried away by Mirandolina, did not notice anyone around, realizing with horror that if he did not leave, he would finally fall under the influence of love spells. The hostess, who brought the bill, skillfully acted out the irrepressible sadness and horror of parting, exhausted, falling into an armchair. The distraught gentleman, no longer hiding his love, drove away the servant, who was hurrying to leave, launched a jug at the count and marquis.

Ripafratt, worried about the health of his beloved, brought the girl a gilded bottle with a tincture of lemon balm. The response to the gentleman's sensual confessions was the caustic mockery of the triumphant Mirandolina. The bottle flew into the dirty laundry basket, but was soon discovered by the Marquis. Forlipopoli, not knowing its true value, gives it to one of the actresses.

The furious cavalier pursues Mirandolina everywhere, scattering curses to the right and left. The wounded count challenges the rude to a duel. The hostess is trying in every possible way to reconcile the duelists. She announces to everyone that, according to the precepts of her father, she gives her hand and heart to Fabrizio and politely asked the unlucky admirers to choose another shelter to stay. Each of the heroes of the play received the appropriate lesson and, probably, will remember the mischievous innkeeper more than once.

This comedy tells about the adventures of the innkeeper Mirandolina. A beautiful and very cunning young woman inherited the hotel from her father. Fabrizio helps her cope there, he works as a waiter and is in love with his mistress.

Mirandolina is well aware that her income depends on the mood of her clients, so she is very courteous with them. She pays the most attention to two people: the Count of Albafiorita and the Marquis of Forlipopoli. The marquis had to sell his title of nobleman, and the count, on the contrary, bought himself a title and became part of the elite of society. So different, they both struggle to win the favor of the beautiful Mirandolina, endlessly arguing about what is more important: honor or money. The cunning woman flirts slightly with both contenders for her heart, but does not approach either of them. The count presented the innkeeper with expensive gifts, and the servants with generous tips, but this did not help. The marquis promised his patronage, but also did not succeed.

The gentleman Ripafratt appears at the inn. He is a fierce misogynist, so he constantly makes fun of the count and the marquis because they are so carried away by the commoner. He himself never fell in love and did not appreciate women, he does not see anything special in Mirandolin either. This attitude hurts a woman greatly, she decides to take revenge on Ripafratt and show that he cannot resist the female charms.

To do this, Mirandolina in every possible way shows respect for the gentleman. She prepares food for him herself, makes his bed, dine with him and talks very nicely. A cunning and well thought out plan is working. In the heart of Ripafratt, hatred for the female sex gradually subsides, and then is completely replaced by passionate love. These feelings frighten the gentleman, he decides to leave immediately. While he is paying, Mirandolina defiantly cries and faints. It worked. Ripafratt is not only not going to leave, he calls his beloved beloved.

At this time, two ladies are settling in the hotel, posing as a baroness and a countess. They are actually actresses. The Marquis and the Count immediately pay attention to them. At dinner with them, the count mentions a cavalier who hates women. Ladies for fun try to turn his head, but they fail. The thoughts and heart of the gentleman are now occupied by another woman.

As a sign of love, Ripafratt gives the innkeeper a bottle of pure gold, but she first sends the expensive gift back, and then simply throws it into the dirty laundry basket. The cavalier is very offended and angry with the woman he loves, but he is ashamed to admit to those around him that he has fallen into cleverly placed networks. And the innkeeper only needs this, she wants everyone to know about her victory. She behaves arrogantly with her boyfriend, showing her sympathy for Fabrizio in order to arouse Ripafratt's jealousy.

Now the count and the marquis are making fun of the gentleman. In the end, he is forced to admit that he could not resist the seductress. Mirandolina took revenge, her goal was achieved. To get rid of the annoying gentleman, the woman decides to marry Fabrizio, who has been very jealous of her all this time. She doesn't like the waiter, but a lot of problems can be solved this way. In addition, her dying father prophesied to her as Fabrizio's husband.

Mirandolina promises her future husband that she will no longer fall in love with her fans. The Marquis and the Count are forced to come to terms with this decision of a woman. The innkeeper asks them not to come to her establishment anymore, so as not to worry. After that, she takes out a discarded golden bottle.

The work teaches that pride and excessive self-confidence are always punishable. Whoever considers himself superior to others is sure to fall low.

Carlo Goldoni. innkeeper

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