The Deceits

Ljubljana City Theatre

Première: 9 April 2014, Ljubljana City Theatre, Small Stage
Running time 1 hour and 20 minutes. No interval.

Based on the play Gl'ingannati (The Deceived) by an Anonymous Renaissance Author (1531)

Director Jaka Ivanc
Stage designers Jaka Ivanc, Milan Percan
Composer and accompanist Davor Herceg
Costume designer Leo Kulaš
Dramaturgy assistant and author of final verses Gašper Tič
Choreographer Domen Valič
Language consultant Maja Cerar
Lighting designer Boštjan Kos

Cast
Virginio Bellenzini, Pasquella, Privello, Agiato Gašper Tič
Lelia Iva Kranjc
Fabrizio Bellenzini Jurij Drevenšek as guest
Clemenzia, Scatizza, Gherardo Foiani, Frulla Uroš Smolej
Isabella Foiani, Helena Nika Rozman as guest
Flamminio Carandini, Pietro Domen Valič
Pianist Jan Sever/Marko Petrušič/Davor Herce

The comedy Gl’ingannati was originally performed in Siena in 1531. It is undoubtedly one of the plays inspired by Plautus’s Menaechmi and it is almost certain that the Renaissance author was inspired by Bibbienas’s La Calandria. In later years, the comedy has aroused a great deal of interest all over Europe and strong analogies with it can be found in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night or What You Will.
Classical philologist, translator and dramatist Jera Ivanc has written a new libretto based on the Renaissance text of Gl’ingannati. The original situation is enriched with humour and accents of modern times. The source story though remains full of warm and witty twists – to the point where it is unclear who is actually who and whose heart beats for whom, until finally all hearts are united the way they should be and both the young ones and the old ones are happy in the end.

Photo: Barbara Čeferin

Photo: Barbara Čeferin

Photo: Barbara Čeferin

Photo: Barbara Čeferin