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Shakespeare Discoveries III: A Secular Tour of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
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Literary CriticismGeneral DramaPlays
Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Apian Friendly Warbler Books
Published: Sep 1 2025
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.35 Width: 4.25 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
Shakespeare Discoveries III offers textual analysis of The Two Gentlemen of Verona interlaced with a complete and perfectly transcribed edition of the first printing of the play in the 1623 Shakespeare Catalogue. The commentary elucidates difficult and at times mysterious passages, shows where the play is burdened by patriarchal and prejudicial tendencies, and highlights the poetic mastery and frequent inclination toward sonnet structure in the principal characters' speeches.
Dated to the early 1580s, the play is shown to be based on the experience of the court playwright who devised it, with significant contributions to the text by the players who first enacted it, especially the comedians who created the roles of Launce and Speed. Textual analysis along with historical evidence point to Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, as the court playwright, the acclaimed comedian Richard Tarlton as the creator of the Launce interludes, and William Shakespeare as the young player who contributed the antics of Speed.
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