The decline of formal penmanship has no doubt pained old-fashioned letter writers everywhere, but it poses a particular ...

About The False Servant (Off-Broadway) Classic Stage Company presents a new translation by Kathleen Tolan of Marivaux's 18th century comedy, The False Servant. Lust, avarice, and a helathy dose of ...

Houston's “The Servant of Two Masters" has been translated and adapted from Carlo Goldoni’s 1743 play by Alley artistic director Rob Melrose.

Toward the end of the 18th century, servants were so numerous and idle in upper-class houses that they became a grievous social problem.

New research into the life of a Black child servant in an 18th century portrait reveals how he became a musician for the royal household.

A rare American-built gunboat from the Revolutionary War, unearthed at Ground Zero, is now on display at the New York State Museum in Albany.

By the 18th century, servants at country houses and inns expected these gifts from guests, and sources at the time complained of the cost.

“The Servant of Two Masters,” by Carlo Goldoni, Italy’s most prolific playwright in the 18th century. It is but one of 150 works that defined the commedia dell’arte tradition.

Congressman Matthew Lyon's enduring appeal—even from jail—offers a lesson for those who want to beat Donald Trump.

Solving a 17th-Century Crime Forensic anthropologists at the National Museum of Natural History find answers to a colonial cold case ...

Ornamental Hermits Were 18th-Century England’s Must-Have Garden Accessory Wealthy landowners hired men who agreed to live in isolation on their estates for as long as seven years ...