Details for The Jealous Old Man

Il Vecchio Geloso

This play is an opportunity for singers, dancers, and storytellers to help in the story of an old man who loses his young wife to a worthy young man.

Total Main Characters: 12

Men: 8
Women: 4
plus extras

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Includes characters named but not in the play

Electronic copy of this play

Cavicchio is a role for an entertainer who is inserted into the play. In fact, this whole play is looser than most, and seems to serve more as a vehicle for other entertainers (singers and dancers). Also note that Cavicchio may have been the same actor who became Brighella.
There is a 1588 Elizabethan plot outline called Dead Man’s Fortune (perhaps by Richard Tarleton) which bears some resemblance to this play.
The role for Flavio seems optional. In act 1, he can be replaced by Pedrolino getting more stage time, and in acts 2 & 3, he can be replaced by Spavento. This is not perfect, but Flavio has so little to do in this play, it seems worth removing him unless you have a player ramping up.