Bragatto

A Royalty-Free Play Script from La Commedia

Camillo loves the cruel beauty Lavinia, wife of Pantalone, and enlists his servant Giovan Farina to help woo her. Meanwhile Pantalone's servants, Bragatto and Agnesina, navigate their own love affairs.

By Giovanni Sinibaldi da Morro*, published in 1585

Translated by Talia Felix, 2023

[Translator’s note: The original 16th century text had very few stage directions. All bracketed directions are added by the translator. Feel free to ignore them if you have better ideas. – TF]
*The play, originally signed only with the initials M.G.S.M., is frequently misattributed to Giovanni Simone Martini. However, a 1606 edition of da Morro's collected works includes this play. The root of the mistake appears be in Allacci's Drammaturgia, a listing of plays wherein it is very easy to misread the author of Bragatto.

INTERLOCUTORS:

Agnesina, Lavinia's maid

Camillo, in love with Lavinia

Giovan (Zan) Farina the Bergamask, Camillo's servant

Pantalone the Venetian, Lavinia's husband

Bragatto, Pantalone's servant

Lavinia, Pantalone's wife

The scene is set in Venice.

ON TO ACT ONE

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