Two Gentlemen Verona Third Series

by Shakespeare, William; Carroll, William C.

• ISBN13: 9781903436943
• ISBN10: 190343694X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare

Summary

Two Gentlemen of Verona is commonly agreed to be Shakespeare's first comedy, and probably his first play. A comedy built around the confusions of doubling, cross - dressing and identity, it is also a play about the ideal of male friendship and what happens to those friendships when men fall in love. William Carroll's engaging Introduction focuses on the traditions and sources that stand behind the play and explores Shakespeare's unique and bold treatment of them. Special attention is given to the strong female figure of Julia and the controversial final scene.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	ix
General editors' preface	xii
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(130)
The Play	1	(83)
'Cease to persuade'	1	(2)
The Early Modern Discourse of Male Friendship	3	(29)
Titus and Gisippus and the Offer	19	(4)
The Rape and the Offer	23	(9)
Friendship Discourse After Two Gentlemen	32	(3)
The Prodigious Son	35	(6)
Who is Julia? Romance and the Boy Actor	41	(13)
Metamorphosis: Ovid and Lyly	54	(5)
'Pox of your love letters'	59	(8)
Who is Crab?	67	(8)
Verona-Milan-Mantua Padua	75	(5)
Dramaturgy	80	(4)
The Afterlife	84	(32)
The Theatrical Tradition	84	(24)
The Critical Tradition	108	(8)
Text and Date	116	(15)
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA	131	(154)
Appendix: Casting Chart	285	(2)
Abbreviations and references	287	(20)
Abbreviations used in notes	287	(1)
Works by and partly by Shakespeare	288	(1)
Editions of Shakespeare collated or referred to	289	(2)
Other works cited	291	(14)
Modern stage and television productions cited	305	(2)
Index	307