Monday, March 15, 2010
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"So we open the show on December 26 with the Locandiera. This comes from "locanda" (inn), which in Italian means the same thing that "hötel garni" in French.There is no word in French to indicate man or woman who held "locanda" (inn). If you want to translate
this comedy in French, it should be better find the title in the character, and this is without doubt the "femme adroite".
Mirandolina takes an inn in Florence, and thanks her blessings and her spirit earns, even unwillingly, the heart of all those who stay by her "

 

 

(C. Goldoni, Memories)