ACTORS
UBERTO about 42 years old
SERPINA about 22 years old
VESPONE mute elderly servant
The action commences about 1700, in an anteroom in Uberto's house, the walls are decorated with thread and silk fabric patterned like wood, with rolled glass lights, and gilded frames and furniture. Three doors, one in front and two on the side, are decorated with curved marble frames and plastered and gilded doorways.