SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS, Carlo Goldoni
Serbian National Theatre Novi Sad, National Theatre “Toša Jovanović“, Zrenjanin, Budva Тheatre City

Cast: Branimir Brstina, Višnja Obradović, Dragomir Pešić, Ivan Đorđević, Jovana Mišković, Jugoslav Krajnov, Jovan Torački, Sanja Radišić, Milovan Filipović

Carlo Goldoni’s Servant of Two Masters is one of the most famous and most popular comedies in the history of world drama and theatre. In this comic plot, as is the case in other typical commedia dell’arte plays, the intrigue derives from typical, conventionally defined characters: misеrly, rich old man, clever maids, their tawdry and arrogant mistresses, silly, yet skilled and experienced servants, benevolent but naive citizens, snooty society, the so-called pillars of the community... Nevertheless, Goldoni further elaborated this simple, conventional plot by introducing a vocal note of social criticism – lust will intertwine with the business interests; everything, including emotions, becomes subject to most basic, banal trading. We recognize the reality of the 18th Century Venice as a reflection of the world we live in today. Goldoni painted some of the most recognizable scenes in literature, so it makes perfect sense that the play, from the first draft in 1743, to the final version, completed ten years later, had been performed countless times on various stages of Europe.
    
Translation: Branko Dimitrijević
Directing: Boris Liješević

Boris Liješević was born in Belgrade in 1976. He completed the elementary school and high school in Budva. In 1999 he completed the studies of the Serbian literature and language at the Philological Faculty of Novi Sad, and graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in 2004, where he continued to work at the Department for Multimedia Directing. He has been a three time recipient of the Goethe Institute Scholarship. He lives and works between Belgrade, Novi Sad and Budva. He received the Annual award of the Atelje 212 Theatre for the play The Waiting Room in 2010, the “Mira Trailović“ Grand Prix for the Elijah’s Chair at the BITEF 45 in 2011, the award for the complete authorship for the play The Seagull at the Festival of Professional Theatres from Vojvodina in 2012, “Dalibor Foretić“ People’s choice award at the International Small Scene Theatre Festival in Rijeka in 2012, and many others.