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Details for The Disguised Servants

Arlecchino with fake arrow

Li finti servi

Very Brief Synopsis

This play is about a young woman who disguises herself as a male servant and follows her love, with her brother, to another town, where they meet some other people who aren't who they seem to be. Servants try to resolve this mess.

Number of players

Total Main Characters: 12

Men: 9
Women: 3
plus extras

Dramatis Personae

and Props and Sets


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Relationship Diagram

Includes characters named but not in the play


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Link to Purchase

Electronic copy of this play


Link to Gum Road

Additional Notes

  • Leone Adorni is Genovese.
  • Both Flaminia and Hortensia start this play on the verge of giving birth.
  • Orazio is a cad for most of this play, and it will be a challenge to make his transformation believable enough to make the audience happy with his happy ending.
Agnan escaping
Young Lovers
Francatrippe being sad
Zanni following Pantalone