The Two Gentlemen of Verona audiobook

The Two Gentlemen of Verona, William ShakespeareThe Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and motifs with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy. The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behavior of people in love. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom "the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon" has been attributed.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز چهاردهم ماه سپتامبر سال2015میلادیعنوان: نجیب‌زادگان ورونایی؛ نویسنده: ویلیام شکسپیر؛ اقتباس چارلز و مری لمب؛ ترجمه و اقتباس علی اکبر عبدالهی؛ تهران نشر نقش قلم‏‫، سال1393؛ در48ص؛ شابک9789648008371؛ چاپ دوم تهران: نشر نقش قلم و انتشارات دبیر‏‫ سال1396؛ در48ص؛ ‬موضوع: نمایشنامه های نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده17معنوان: دو نجیب‌زاده‌ ی ورونا؛ نویسنده: ویلیام شکسپیر؛ به روایت: سیدنوید سیدعلی‌اکبر؛ تهران نشر هوپا‏‫، سال1398؛ در96ص؛ شابک9786222041687؛‬دو نجیب‌زاده ی ورونایی؛ نمایشنامه‌ ای کمدی، اثر «ویلیام شکسپیر» است، که در بین سال‌های1589میلادی و1593میلادی نگاشته شده‌ است؛ «پروتئوس»، و «والنتاین»، دو جنتلمن جوان، از اهالی «ورونا»، که سال‌ها دوستان خوب و معتمد هم بوده‌ اند، با مسافرت «والنتاین»، به «میلان»، و دربار امپراتور، از هم جدا می‌شوند.؛ «پروتئوس»، که عاشق «ژولیا»ی آسمانی است، در شهر می‌ماند، تا شاید به کام دل برسد؛ «پروتئوس»، نزدیک است به کام دل خود برسد، چون پدرش از ماجرا باخبر شده، و باورمند است که برای مرد، هیچ خوبیت ندارد، که در جوانی سیر و سفر نکند، او را به دنبال «والنتاین»، به «میلان» می‌فرستد…؛ داستان درگیری «پروتئوس-جولیا (ژولیا)» نزدیک‌ترین شباهت را با درگیری‌های دو شخصیت «فلیکس-فلیسمنا»، در رمان «دیانا انامورادا»، اثر عاشقانه ی اسپانیایی، نوشته ی: «خورخه دو مونته مایر»، در سال 1582میلادی دارد.؛ برای بقیه ی نمایشنامه، تطابق دیگری پیدا نشده‌ است، اما رفاقت بین رقبا در مثلث‌های عشقی، در ادبیات رنسانس، متداول بوده‌ است.؛این نمایش در پنج پرده تدوین شده، و دارای سیزده شخصیت، و تعدادی سیاهی لشکر است. شخصیت‌های اصلی نمایشنامه: «والنتاین: جنتلمن و از خاندانی خوب، دوستی واقعی و همیشه عاشق.»؛ «پروتئوس: بدجنس و بوقلمون صفت، خائن به مقام دوستی و عشق.»؛ «سیلویا: بانویی دل‌نشین و زیبا، دختر دوک میلان و معشوقه ی والنتاین.»؛ «ژولیا: دوستدار همیشگی پروتئوس که به ناگزیر به هیئت پسران درمی‌آید.»؛ «ثوریو: عاشق و خواستگار ثروتمند و دست و پا چلفتی سیلویا، رقیب زشت و ابله والنتاین.»؛ «عالیجناب اگلامور»؛ «آنتونیو»؛ «دوک میلان»؛ «اسپید»؛ «لانس»؛ «کرب»؛ «لوستا»؛ «پانتینو»؛ «راهزنان بیشه‌ های بیرون مانتوآ»، «خدمتکاران»، «نوازندگان»، و «قراولان»؛ مکان رخداد رویدادهای نمایشنامه: «ورونا»، «میلان» و «بیشه‌ ای نزدیک مانتوآ.»؛تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 04/05/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 22/02/1401هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

The Arden Shakespeare series provides enormous insight into the history and understanding of Shakespeare's works. The analysis of Two Gentlemen of Verona is beyond reproach. The play itself is not remotely Shakespeare's best or even tenth best, and it's little wonder that it's comparatively infrequently produced. As a comedy, it's not very funny. As a piece about friendship, it's rather distressing. As a romance, it's unbelievable. That said, it's got some great turns of phrase--it's written by the greatest writer in the history of English, of course. If you're going to read a relatively unsatisfactory play, it should at least be by a genius.

(2020 update: And thus begins my year (or two or three) of watching and reading along through the entire Shakespearean canon. I watched the only producation available. The 1983 production which I found on the Broadway HD channel on Amazon. I was reminded how many of Shakespeare's following plays picked up themes from this one, as if he said, "Let's try that one more time this way."It was a good production, faithful and well-acted. Now on to The Taming of the Shrew.)#20for2020reads A Shakespeare Play-2I read this as part of the First Things post about reading through Shakespeare in one year. So far I am on schedule although I am not stressing about the schedule just reading the next day no matter what day it is. About this particular play-it is one of Shakespeare's simplest plays and one of his earlier ones. It leaves me wondering if it is some sort of apology for bad behavior:). It is a very good play to read with students just coming to Shakespeare because it is relatively innocent but with some of the familiar ideas of mix-ups so often employed by Shakespeare. My favorite line from the play is when the gracious Valentine forgives his unfaithful friend Proteus with these words, "Then I am paid;And once again I do receive thee honest.Who by repentance is not satisfiedIs nor of heaven nor earth, for these are pleased.By penitence the Eternal's wrath's appeased:"

What a play! Deeply undervalued and overlooked! The Two Gentlemen of Verona is often regarded as one of Shakespeare's weakest plays and I seriously don't understand why ... haven't ya'll read the ridiculousness that was Love's Labour's Lost or the ultimate bore that was Henry IV: Part Two?? Get your life in order, people! The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a perfectly fine play and a great starting point if you're interested in getting into the Bard's work btw. It has the smallest named cast of any play by Shakespeare and is therefore super accessible and easy to navigate. Remembering the 13 characters of The Two Gentlemen of Verona is so much easier than keeping up with the 50+ characters in Henry VI, Part Two (yikes!). I am no super human, give me a break! On top of that, The Two Gentlemen of Verona is believed to be Shakespeare's earliest play and therefore lays a great base for what is to come, especially if you look at certain tropes that keep re-appearing in Willy's comedies, for example the heroine dressing as a boy (we love a woke queen!), friendship and infidelity and lots of miscommunication. If you thought that Romeo switched alliances quick (from Rosaline to Juliet), buckle up your seatbelts because Proteus will take you on a wild ride.The Two Gentlemen of Verona starts out in a very calm and sorted fashion. Proteus is madly in love with Julia and she's also in love with him. Valentine has the hots for the Duke of Milan's daughter, Silvia, and is happy that he's able to finally travel to Milan now. The two friends say their farewells and are seemingly headed toward different paths. But then Proteus' father sends him to Milan as well ... and the whole mess begins. For no fucking reason at all, Proteus decides to be in love with Silvia as well and claim her for himself. He even tells her of Julia and that he has completely disregarded her (...kinda rude if you take into consideration that Julia is still in Verona, swooning over his love letters and the fucking ring that he gave her before his departure). Silvia immediately realises that Proteus ain't worth shit and that he's just trying to frame his best friend, so that Valentine would be banished from Milan. His plan actually succeeds because Silvia is the only sane soul in this entire play and her father a raving lunatic. Oh, and not to forget that Julia out of desperation dresses up as a boy to stalk Proteus in Milan (what a mood!) and is disheartened by his cheating nature. BUT this wouldn't be a comedy if everything didn't end in a happy "let's all get married anyways!" ending during which Julia forgives Proteus, and Proteus is gracious enough to "give" Silvia to Valentine after attempting to rape her (yeah you heard that right). It's one of the most bizarre and disturbing endings I've ever read. Even Valentine is obnoxious in this, since he only calls Proteus out for being a lousy friend (for trying to steal Silvia from him) but not for Proteus' attempted rape (we love misogynist societies in which women are passed on as gifts between men, amiright?). So, the ending is a huge mess. Not gonna lie. From a modern perspective, it's kinda funny (aka ridiculous) how shitty these men are. Proteus is just batshit crazy and not worth a damn ... but somehow Julia doesn't care about his flaws and shitty actions (the betrayal, the cheating, the attempted rape ...) at all and is just happy to marry him. Same goes for Valentine, who's a pretentious little shithead who can't get his head out of his ass, but somehow Silvia doesn't care that he didn't care that she nearly got raped by his best friend. Like, what? Willy, m'boy, what have you been smoking? Just when I thought The Taming of the Shrew was bad. LOL. Overall, I'd say the main strength of this play is that it's finally a comedy that is actually fun; one that'll make you laugh. I've read my fair share of the Bard's comedies and most of them aren't as funny as The Two Gentlemen of Verona. The banter between the bickering couples is great, the banter between the gentlemen and their servants is hilarious (Speed, Valentine's servant, is probably my favorite character in this play!). It also helped that I watched this amazing stage adaptation, that all of you should see. The acting was top notch, the comedic timing was off the roots and overall, it was just so much fun to watch. So, the reason why I rated this play so highly is simply because I find it super accessible and actually rather funny.

Outranks both Hamlet and Romeo & Juliet as my favorite Shakespearean play. Slap-stick wit (and yes... brevity!) with quick plot twists throughout.Best quotes (IMO) :------------“Love is your master, for he masters you.”“He leaves his friends to dignify them more...”“Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.”“Experience is by industry achieved, and perfected by the swift course of time.”“Thus have I shunn'd the fire for fear of burning, and drench'd me in the sea, where I am drown’d.”“This left shoe is my father: no, no, this left shoe is my mother… yes, it is so, it is so, it hath the worser sole.”Fave dialogue :------------PROTEUSBeshrew me, but you have a quick wit.SPEEDAnd yet it cannot overtake your slow purse..

4. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (The Oxford Shakespeare) by William Shakespeareeditor: Roger Warrenpublished: 1591? (Introduction 2008)format: 183-page Oxford World Classic paperbackacquired: September read: Dec 17, 2021, Jan 1 – Feb, 6, 2022 time reading: 12:41, 4.2 mpprating: 4?genre/style: Classic Drama theme Shakespearelocations: A Verona and Milan connected by sea travel??about the author: April 23, 1564 – April 23, 1616In her program note for The Two Gentlemen of Verona at Stratford-upon-Avon in I970, Hilary Spurling described the play's world as one of: "“knights errant, distracted lovers, and as preposterous a band of brigands as ever strode a stage. This is an Italy of true romance, where Milan is reached from Verona by sea. Proteus abandons Julia, betrays Valentine, abducts Silvia, and when his career of complicated treachery is finally unmasked, apologizes as casually as though he had just sneezed. Whereupon our hero, Valentine, is so overcome that he promptly offers to hand over his beloved to the man who, not three minutes before, had meant to rape her."Acts 1-4 were really entertaining, delightfully so. Funny, clever, disturbing, there's even a dog. It‘s terrific fun Shakespeare. A pre-Juliet-like Julia tears up a lover's a letter, and then when alone secretly tries to put them back together again. Silvia is wooed by three men, in open and discrete competition, involving musicians and great spiteful spurning on her part. Valentine has a servant cleverer than he, if less charismatic, and Proteus's servant has the dog and the two chat in a way mocking those they serve. But what to make of act 5? Up-till-then Valentine is likable. But he not only forgives Proteus for attempting to rape his lover Silvia, but then offers her to him. And this is presented as a happy ending. It really seems to spoil this play. (and maybe that‘s why parts were recycled into Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Love's Labour's Lost, and several other plays.)Because of the ending, mainly only recommended to completists. But I wouldn't suggest at all hesitating to see a performance.

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I wished to read this play after watching the 1980's BBC TV/stage version of the story. I found the tale delightful with it's intricate themes of betrayal, friendship, romance, and comedy. I applaud Shakespeare, the genius writer and poet, for being able to weave such a moving story in his first play. "At first I did adore a twinkling star, / But now I worship a celestial sun" Joanne Pearce as Sylvia

I recently spent an hour or two with my pal, Will. Mr Shakespeare and I are getting to know one another much better, lately. I call him Will and he calls me Marye. I read in school what they made me read of his work, I read or (mostly) re-read some of the plays over the decades, and a few years ago I read the sonnets. Most of the sonnets. I like sonnets. I’ve always loved structure.But recently I’ve decided to read all of the plays. Imagine my surprise when I found some new ones. I really did think Will had quit writing quite a while ago. I read some in alphabetical order just before we left Virginia. Not the optimal way to approach them. I was going to read them in order by history (ancient Britain – Lear, Greece and Rome – J Caesar, Renaissance – R and Juliet, etc.) But then, thanks to a recommendation by my friend, Pamela, I got my hands on a guide by Harvard professor, Marjorie Garber, that lists the plays in the order they were written. Well, as they were written in her opinion. There are as with everything else Shakespearean, many opinions. (Shakespeare After All, 2005.)So I started a few weeks ago with Two Gentlemen of Verona, for reasons I cannot explain – either I had no reason to start with or I’ve forgotten, or both. I had read this play within the last couple of years. And instead of crediting myself with it I decided to re-read it. That’s because I . . . not love, I don’t love it the way I love The Winter’s Tale or Julius Caesar . . . because I have a crush on it. One of the reasons scholars place the play so early in Shakespeare’s career is because it’s so sloppy. Let me give you one example. The two boys – to call them gentlemen is laughable, but then so is most of the play. Anyhow, the boys are from Verona and their fathers would like them to travel, see the world, live at the court of the nearby Duke of Milan (or emperor – the play can’t seem to decide which he is), and gain some polish.One of them, Proteus, is in love with a local girl, Julia, so he opts to stay in Verona. But Valentine, a handsome lad with an IQ of about 90, is getting ready to go to Milan. In fact the ship is waiting in the harbor for him and he has to hurry to catch the tide.Now you don’t have to know much Italian geography to know that both Verona and Milan are inland. To go by ship from one to the other would entail an overland trek to Venice, a sail around the boot, a landing in Genoa, and another trek. By land there would be a well-traveled road taking you directly from one to the other.Either Shakespeare was having a joke on his audience or he was incredibly sloppy. Or he had an uneducated collaborator, or the printed version of the play was corrupted, or who knows what. Shakespearean scholarship is sometimes a little out of focus. But I go with sloppy. Also sloppy is one character's welcome of another “to Padua.” There’s more, but you get the idea. Proteus, by the way, ends up in Milan as well, forgets about Julia, falls in love with Sylvia, and tells the duke about his best friend, Valentine’s, plan to elope with her. Julia, who really loves Proteus, isn’t far behind him, dressed as a boy of course – so Shakespearean. Why do I like this play so much? Because it was really written by Gilbert and Sullivan. Valentine, kicked out of Milan by the duke for planning to abscond with his daughter, is taken captive by a gang of outlaws who, because he is like them an “outlaw” and because he is handsome, vote him their leader. Reference is made to Robin Hood's merry band.Right behind Valentine is Sylvia, followed by Proteus, followed by the duke, followed by Julia. When Valentine happens on Proteus trying to rape Sylvia and realizes his best friend’s treachery, he’s angry. But Proteus immediately repents and voices his regret, so of course Valentine immediately forgives him and offers him Sylvia. Julia faints and is recognized under her costume, the duke agrees to allow Valentine to marry his daughter, Proteus decides he loves Julia after all. Exuent to a marriage feast. Another highlight: Who is Sylvia? What is she,/That all our swains commend her? 2012 No 17

Back around the turn of the 21st century, I opened an used bookstore, mainly mysteries, in a small Southern town and often wished someone would write book and play reviews for our weekday local newspaper. We had a glorious and intimate opera house that had been renovated to maintain its late Victorian structure. We had a director who was well aware that even though small in population, the presence of a four-year liberal arts college provided an audience for Shakespeare plays. To increase the attendance, the editor of the local paper suggested that I write previews of plays for the local community. Here is my preview of Shakespeare's THE TWO GENTLEMEN FROM VERONA.March 20, 2006. The Acting Company of New York is returning to our town---the touring repertory featuring talented young actors and artists that performs each year in over 50 cities of America. The Company is presenting this year a classical production of Shakespeare's THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.The distinguished actor, John Houseman, founded the Company in 1972 along with the current Producing Director Margot Harley and members of the first graduation class of Julliard's Drama Division. Their season performance of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona will be at the Newberry Opera House on March 22 at 8pm. It is their only performance of the play in South Carolina.If ever a Shakespeare play needed to be seen rather than read, it is this play, declared Helen Garlington at the local library's monthly book discussion several weeks ago. Garlington, a local retired thespian, had seen Two Gents at Stratford on her last trip to London and peppered her talk with readings, stage drawings, and reminisces.The play is a comedy of manners about two young lads from Verona who are sent to Milan to a sort of male finishing school. They will learn to be "perfect" gentlemen, to practice in "tilts and tournaments," and to make proper (male) conversation. It's the first journey away from home for both Valentine and Proteus, who are longtime friends. Both behave badly in ways that get them in terrible trouble.Naturally, each lad is accompanied by a servant. Speed is as bright as Valentine is dim. Lance is as loving and compassionate as Proteus is callous. The funniest scene in the play occurs in Act Two when Lance plays out his farewell scene to his family using his left and right shoes, his walking staff, and his dog Crab.And, of course, each lad has a girlfriend. Valentine falls for the Duke's daughter Sylvia at the Emperor's court in Milan. Proteus exchanges rings with Julia before he leaves for Milan. And Julia follows him disguised as a page becoming the first cross-dressing heroine in Shakespeare's writing career.The Two Gentlemen from Verona is an early Shakespeare play appearing in the First Folio in 1623. The final scene in the play has confounded modern critics and may be a reason for the play's unpopularity. In 1921 an Edwardian critic noted, "there are, at this time, no gentlemen in Verona." Another critic surmised that the play is Shakespeare's parody of literature in which friendship is portrayed as greater than love. Others suggest that a collaborator or two revised the final scene and pasted in another version.To quote the Bard, this critic, soon to be a viewer, believes that "all's well that ends well."(To read this play and write this preview, I exclusively used THE NEW FOLGER LIBRARY edition. In addition to the play, the Folger edition contains longer notes, textual notes, a suggested Further Reading, and an essay titled A Modern Perspective which add to the reader's enjoyment and provided truth and trivia for this review.)