The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare
Valentine and Proteus are devoted comrades until they travel to Milan and meet Silvia, the Duke's ravishing daughter. Torn between the bonds of friendship and the lure of romance, the two gentlemen are further bedeviled by Proteus's prior commitment to Julia, his hometown sweetheart, and the Duke's disdain for Valentine. Thus the stage is set for a comic spree involving a daring escape into a forest, capture by outlaws, and the antics of a clown and his dog.Written early in Shakespeare's career, this madcap romp embodies many themes and motifs the playwright would explore at greater depth in his later works. The first of his plays in which the heroine dresses as a boy to seek out her beloved, it's also the first in which the characters retreat to thenatural world to brave danger and disorder before achieving harmony, and the first in which passionate youth triumphs over dictatorial elders. And amid its merriment and jests, the play alsoraises thought-provoking questions about conflicts between friendship and love and the value of forgiveness.
-
Arden Shakespeare Complete Works
-
King Richard II
-
All's Well That Ends Well
-
Pericles
-
King Richard III
-
Hamlet
-
A Midsummer Night's Dream
-
The Comedy of Errors
-
Love's Labour's Lost
-
The Merchant of Venice
-
Julius Caesar
-
As You Like it
-
Reading Shakespeare's Dramatic Language
-
Macbeth
-
Troilus and Cressida
-
Cymbeline
-
King Henry VI
-
Much Ado About Nothing
-
Measure for Measure
-
Doing Shakespeare
-
The Taming of the Shrew
-
Othello
-
King Lear
-
The Winter's Tale
-
Titus Andronicus
-
The Tempest
-
Essential Shakespeare
-
King Henry V
-
King Henry VIII
-
Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life
-
Poems
-
Shakespeare in London
-
"King Henry IV"
At the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Professor of Shakespeare Studies. He was President of the Shakespeare Association of America (2007-8) and Director of the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon (1997-2002).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780416700800 |
| ISBN 10 | 0416700802 |
| Title | The Two Gentlemen of Verona |
| Author | William Shakespeare |
| Series | Arden Shakespeare |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Methuen Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 1972-11-09 |
| Number of pages | 198 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |