Truffaldino - sługa dwóch żołądków

Truffaldino – servant of two stomachs Abstract The article treats about the relationship between one of Carlo Goldoni’s first plays – Servantof Two Masters – and the tradition of commedia dell’arte. The key to the search for commonpoints was the character of a servant Truffaldino whose constant hunger links him to hispredecessor zanni. Thanks to a never-before carried-out analysis of Brighella’s zibaldoni andzanni and Goldoni’s comedy in the context of vocabulary, metaphors and lazzi referring tofood and hunger, it can be observed how much the contemporary plays of the Venetian writerare related to the old theatrical tradition. Keywords: Carlo Goldoni, comedy, hunger, commedia dell’arte, settecent