The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Name: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Dramatis Personae

Duke of Milan, father to Silvia
Valentine, Gentleman
Proteus, Gentleman
Antonio, father to Proteus
Thurio, a foolish rival to Valentine
Eglamour, agent for Silvia in her escape
Host, where Julia lodges
Outlaws, with Valentine
Speed, a clownish servant to Valentine
Launce, the like to Proteus
Panthino, servant to Antonio
Julia, beloved of Proteus
Silvia, beloved of Valentine
Lucetta, waiting-woman to Julia
Servants, musicians

Scene: Verona; Milan; the frontiers of Mantua.

Act I

restoring your place…

fetching the rest…

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Dramatis Personae

Duke of Milan, father to Silvia

Valentine, Gentleman

Proteus, Gentleman

Antonio, father to Proteus

Thurio, a foolish rival to Valentine

Eglamour, agent for Silvia in her escape

Host, where Julia lodges

Outlaws, with Valentine

Speed, a clownish servant to Valentine

Launce, the like to Proteus

Panthino, servant to Antonio

Julia, beloved of Proteus

Silvia, beloved of Valentine

Lucetta, waiting-woman to Julia

Servants, musicians

Scene: Verona; Milan; the frontiers of Mantua.

More by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

You get a play that keeps changing its mind about love, from the quarrelling lovers in the forest to Bottom blundering through his amateur performance. The language is playful and slippery, and Puck gives the whole thing a mischievous sense that human beings are never quite in control.

All’s Well That Ends Well

Helena chases a man who plainly doesn't deserve her, and the play knows it, which is what makes it interesting. If you like your comedies uneasy, with a bed trick and an ending that only half convinces, this one will stick with you.

Antony and Cleopatra

These two aren't young lovers, they're middle-aged, vain, magnificent messes who keep wrecking empires over each other, and you half want to shake them. Stay for Enobarbus, the dry-eyed friend whose barge speech about Cleopatra is worth the whole play.