New English Translation Available
by Dorothy Holland & Paolo
E. Landi
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Based on Menecmi, a greek comedy, Venetian Twins tells the
story of two brothers, one wise, the other stupid, who happen to be in
the same town.
One to marry a girl he has never seen, the other to find
his fiancee, escaped from Venice. The misunderstanding are countless and
extremely funny. A complex plot in the style of the comedy of errors
but with a tragic prefinal: the stupid brother, Zanetto dies poisoned.