''The Boors'', also known as ''The Cantankerous Men'' ( Venetian: ''I rusteghi''), is a

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Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...

. It was first performed at the San Luca theatre of

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towards the end of the

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in 1760. It was published in 1762. The ''boors'' are four merchants of Venice, who represent the old conservative, puritanical tradition of the Venetian middle classes, who are pitted against Venice's "new frivolity".Holme (1976, 150-152).

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* Plays by Carlo Goldoni 1760 plays Comedy plays Plays set in Italy {{1760s-play-stub