Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni (died 1793) was born in Venice on 25 February 1707; his father practised as an apothecary. Expelled from the Ghislieri college in Pavia for a satire aimed at families of the town, he became a doctor of law and practised as a lawyer, before writing for Giuseppe Imer's troupe, then for Medebach's. He replaced the improvisation of the commedia dell'arte with fully written comedies. Having left for Paris to work at the Comédie-Italienne, he received a pension from the court, which was abolished under the Revolution. He died in Paris on 6 February 1793.

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• TheatreThe Servant of Two MastersIl servitore di due padroniCarlo Goldoni · 1753LiteraturePublic domain