Annibal Caro was born June 19, 1507, in Civitanova Marche. He was an accomplished poet, a skilful and elegant translator of Latin and Greek, an experienced collector of coins and archaeological rarities and a comic writer of enormous talent. He is the talented writer of this renaissance play, The Scruffy Scoundrels.

Donald Beecher, a graduate professor in the English Department at Carleton University, assisted in the translation of The Scruffy Scoundrels. His research has revolved around scholarly editing, a way of realizing the joys and conquests that come with restoring deserved authors from the Renaissance through critical and historical editions.

Massimo Ciavolella taught for many years at Carleton University and at the University of Toronto before coming to his present positions as professor and chair, Department of Italian, and professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He also assisted in the translation of The Scruffy Scoundrels.