Turandot, Princess of China
A Royalty-Free Play Script from La Commedia
The princess Turandot has executed every suitor who has come to marry her. Can the disgraced prince Calaf defeat her tests of worthiness and win her approval?
By Karl Vollmoeller, after Carlo Gozzi
Translated by Jethro Bithell
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
TURANDOT, Princess of China
ALTOUM, Emperor of China, her father
ADELMA, Princess of Tartary, favourite slave of Turandot
ZELIMA, Another slave of Turandot
SKIRINA, Zelima's mother
BARAK (Under the name of Hassan), Skirina's husband; formerly Major-domo of
CALAF, Prince of Astrakhan
ISHMAEL, Major-domo of the beheaded Prince of Samarkand
PANTALONE, Prime Minister of the Emperor Altoum
TARTAGLIA, Lord High Chancellor of China
BRIGELLA, Captain of the Imperial pages
TRUFFALDINO, Chief Eunuch of Turandot's harem
PRINCE OF SAMARKAND. (Silent)
Eight Doctors. Female Slaves and Eunuchs of the harem. A Headsman. Soldiers of the Palace Guard.
SCENE: Pekin (Beijing.) — All the acting characters wear Chinese costume, except Adelma and Calaf, who are in Tartar dress.