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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
Love’s Labour’s Lost, V, 1.
Love’s Labour’s Lost, V, 1.
Act v.] Actus Quartus Ff Q2.
1: quod] Rowe. quid Qq Ff.
2: sir] om. Q2.
4: affection] Qq F1. affectation F2 F3 F4.
8: hominem] F3 F4. hominum Qq F1 F2.
tanquam] tanquem Rowe.
11: picked] piqued Becket conj.
13: [Draws...] F3 F4. Draw... Qq F1 F2.
17: orthography] ortagriphie Q1 F1. ortographie Q2. ortagriphy F2. ortagraphy F3 F4.
21: he] we F3 F4.
abbominable] Q1. abhominable F1 F2. abominable F3 F4.
22: me] Qq Ff. to me Hanmer. men Farmer conj. one Collier MS.
insanie] Theobald (Warburton conj.). infamie Qq Ff. insanity Warburton. insanire S. Walker conj. insania Collier MS.
ne] nonne Johnson conj.
22: make] be mad Johnson conj. wax Dyce conj.
24: bene] bone Theobald.
25: Bon, bon, fort bon, Priscian!] Edd. bome boon for boon prescian; Qq Ff. Bone?—bone for bene; Priscian Theobald. See note (xx).
scratched] scratcht Qq F1. scarch F2 F3. search F4. scratch Pope.
26: Scene ii. Pope.
34: stolen] stole F2 F3 F4.
the] om. Q2.
47: third] Theobald. last Qq Ff.
51: wave] wane Q1.
57: disputest] F4. disputes Qq F1. disputes’t F2 F3.
59: circum circa] Theobald. unum cita Qq Ff. manu cita Anon. conj.
66, 67: dunghill...dunghill] dungil...dunghel Qq F1 F2 F3. dunghil...dunghel F4.
68: preambulate] Edd. preambulat Qq Ff. prœambula Theobald.
singuled] Q1. singled Ff Q2.
70: charge-house] church-house Theobald conj. large house Collier MS.
74: most] om. Q2.
80: chose] Qq F2. choise F2. choice F3 F4.
you] om. Q2.
83: very] my very Rowe.
84: remember] refrain Capell. remember not Malone.
thy] my Jackson conj.
86: important] importunt Q1. importunate Ff Q2.
95: secrecy] F2 F3 F4. secretie Q1. secrecie F1 Q2. secretly Rowe.
99: breaking out] breakings-out Capell.
103: Sir] Rowe. Sir Holofernes Qq Ff. Sir [To Nathaniel.] Hanmer. Sir Nathaniel Capell.
104: rendered] rended Q1.
assistants] Qq Ff. assistance Heath conj.
105: at] om. Qq F1. at F2 F3 F4.
106: gentleman] gentleman’s Capell conj.
110: myself and] om. Rowe. myself or Capell. myself David Nicholson conj. See note (xxi).
gentleman] man Theobald.
112: pass] pass for Capell. pass as Edd. conj.
the page] and the page Rowe.
121: do] know Hanmer.
127: antique. I beseech you] antick, I beseech you, to Collier MS.
132: Allons] alone Qq Ff.
133, 134: Printed as verse first by Dyce (S. Walker conj.).
133: or I will] or will F3 F4.
About
Temptations and infatuations abound in this sparklingly linguistic early comedy from Shakespeare, where cerebral pursuits and ascetic intentions prove no match for the nobles of Navarre’s royal court when the Princess of France and her attendants arrive on a political mission and find themselves enmeshed in a mission of far more amorous ambitions. An entertaining battle of sexes, wits and classes ensues as the great master of the English language concocts a roundelay of semantic gamesmanship, mixing high lyricism, bawdy wordplay and a fair degree of scholarly satire together with elastic dexterity to poke fun at masculine romantic ideations and female objectification, the ambiguities of communication, as well as the ignorance of the seemingly cultured societal sets. And then, in a stunning tonal turn mere moments before the play’s conclusion that manages to thwart all our expectations, the young Shakespeare grounds this heretofore exuberant work in a startlingly mature realism that is far removed from his most popular comedies, lending Love’s Labour’s Lost both a worldliness and honesty that marks it as a work of astonishing complexity.
And to perform it all? Three men (Craig Franklin, Tomas Peter, and Brad “Hamlet” Filippone) and three women (Sonia, Jenn Broda, and Kelly S. Taylor), determined to give you a performance of Shakespeare's work that you will never forget. You thought you knew your Shakespeare? Well, think again! - Summary by Tomas Peter
Cast list: Craig Franklin: Narrator; Costard; Dumain; Maria & Marcade. Brad “Hamlet” Filippone: Biron; Holofernes & French Lord. Jenn Broda: The Princess of France; Dull & Ver (the Spring). Kelly S. Taylor: Ferdinand, King of Navarre; Katharine; Jaquenetta & Forester. Sonia: Rosaline; Moth; Longaville & Hiems (the Winter). Tomas Peter: Don Adriano de Armado; Boyet & Sir Nathaniel.
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