The Lovers
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The interview above comes from a production of The Servant of Two Masters produced by the Piccolo Theater in Evanston, IL. In it, the actors Deborah Craft and Glenn Proud share provide some insights into their process of identifying the traits of these stock characters in themselves as well as outside in todays culture.
In The Servant of Two Masters the Lovers are Beatrice and Florindo & Clarice and Silvio, and in The King Stag they are King Deramo and Angela & Leander and Clarissa. In both shows the Loves are uses in their traditional stock devices.
The Lovers (of whom four-two would-be pairs- are usually needed for a full scenario) are called innamorati. High status, but brought low by the hopelessness of their infatuation. Young, attractive. They relate exclusively to themselves- they are in love with themselves being in love. The last person they actually relate to int he course of the action is often the beloved. Characteristics are fidelity, jealousy, and fickleness. They are vain, petulant, spoilt, full of doubt and have very little patience. Their attention span is short like young children's. They are primarily in love with themselves, secondarily in love with love, and only consequentially in love with the beloved. (Rudlin, 106,109) Commonly used male Lover names are Silvio, Florindo, Leandro, Orazioand the female Lovers; Isabella, Silvia, Laminia, Ortensia.
In The Servant of Two Masters the Lovers are Beatrice and Florindo & Clarice and Silvio, and in The King Stag they are King Deramo and Angela & Leander and Clarissa. In both shows the Loves are uses in their traditional stock devices.
The Lovers (of whom four-two would-be pairs- are usually needed for a full scenario) are called innamorati. High status, but brought low by the hopelessness of their infatuation. Young, attractive. They relate exclusively to themselves- they are in love with themselves being in love. The last person they actually relate to int he course of the action is often the beloved. Characteristics are fidelity, jealousy, and fickleness. They are vain, petulant, spoilt, full of doubt and have very little patience. Their attention span is short like young children's. They are primarily in love with themselves, secondarily in love with love, and only consequentially in love with the beloved. (Rudlin, 106,109) Commonly used male Lover names are Silvio, Florindo, Leandro, Orazioand the female Lovers; Isabella, Silvia, Laminia, Ortensia.