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Richard Bean
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
Based on The Servant of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
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OBERON BOOKS,
LONDON
\WWWOBERONBOOKS COMCharacters
(CHARLIE “CHARLIE THE DUCK’ CLENCH
50s, Brighton based but originally London.
(Pantalone)
PAULINE CLENCH
his daughter, Brighton (Clarice)
HARRY DANGLE
60s, erooked attorney, Rottingdean / tries to be
posh Brighton (Lombardi)
Partner in Dangle, Berry and Bush attorneys.
ALAN
the son of Dangle (Silvio)
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30s, an employee of Clench, Brighton
(Smeraldina)
LLOYD BOATENG
50s, a friend to Clench, Ex London/Jamaican
(Brighella)
FRANCIS
Essex Boy
(Traffaldino)
RACHEL CRABBE,
rmid.20s, London (Beatrice Rasponi; 1* Master)
STANLEY STUBBERS
105, Home counties, privately educated
(Florindo Aretusi; 2+ Master)
‘Waiters/Porters as required
Notes on text
‘Pm not using continental scene changes, ie: the scene doesn’t
change on the entrance of new character, rather scene changes
are restricted to time and location changes.Act One
SCENE ONE
Aste audience take their seas the skfle band plays. Lights down. 1963,
“April, mid morning. A room in CHARLIE's house in Brighton, A framed
‘photo of Queen Etizabeth II at coronation upstage. CHARLIE, HARRY
DANGLE, ALAN DANGLE, PAULINE, LLOYD, DOLLY and other fiends
cand family, Hardly anything remains from a buffet of ypically English
‘party food. Maybe one lone cheese and pineapple ona stick, and some
‘peanuts, A party cam of beret. All very lively and jolly, withthe sie
dean playing laughter, drinks, dancing. The songfinshs. PAULINE and
ALAW Kiss, They toast “Pauline Alan” CHARLIE aps a glass for quit
DANGLE: Happy engagement! Pauline and Alan!
‘ALL: Pauline and Alan!
DOLLY: Come on Charlie! Give us a speech!
LLOYD: Speech!
(CHARLIE: I've only ever spoken three times, formally,
in public, in my life, and each time I've been banged
up by the judge straight afterwards! For twenty years,
sme and Pauline's mother, Jean, were happy, and then,
unfortunately, just by chance, we met each other. Alan,
you've decided to get married, and as a man who has been
married, I'd just lke to say, I do hope you realize you're
making @ terrible mistake.
ALL: (Bent of concerned silence, then laughter)
‘CHARLIE: T done me best bringing up Pauline, on me own,
after her muvver... (Chokes, sorry
LLOYD: ~ doin’ well Chatlie.
(CHARLIE: I've had to be her dad and her mum after her
muvver...(Chokes.)
PAULINE: ~ Its alright dad.