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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 1.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 1.
[Scene i. Enter...] Enter a Fairie at one doore, and Robin goodfellow at another. Qq Ff.
3, 5: Thorough...thorough, Thorough...thorough] Q1. Through...through, Through...through Q2 Ff.
7: moon’s sphere] moony sphere Grant White (Steevens conj.).
9: orbs] herbs Grey conj.
10: tall] all Collier MS.
11: coats] cups Collier MS.
14: here] here and there Capell.
30: square] jar Peck conj. sparre Id. conj.
32: Either] Or Pope.
33: sprite] Q1. spirit Q2 Ff.
34: not you] Q1. you not Q2 Ff.
35: frights] fright F3 F4.
villagery] villageree Q1. villagree Q2 F1 F2 F3. vilagree F4.
36–39. Skim...labour...make...make...Mislead] Qq Ff. Skims...labours...makes...makes...Misleads Collier.
42: Thou] I am—thou Johnson. Fairy, thou Collier (Collier MS.).
speak’st] speakest Q1. speakest me Capell.
46: filly] Q1. silly Q2 Ff.
50: dewlap] Rowe (ed. 2). dewlop Qq Ff.
54: tailor] rails or Capell. tail-sore Anon. ap. Capell conj.
54, 55: cough...laugh] coffe...loffe Qq Ff.
56: waxen] yexen Singer (Farmer conj.).
58: room] make room Pope.
fairy] faëry Johnson conj.
room, fairy! here] fairy, room, for here Seymour conj.
59: he] Qq F1. we F2 F3 F4.
60: Scene ii. Pope.
Enter...] Enter the King of Fairies at one door with his traine, and the Queen at another with hers. Qq Ff.
61: Fairies, skip] Theobald. Fairy, skip Qq Ff. Fairies, keep Harness conj. Fairies, trip Dyce conj.
65: hast] Qq. wast Ff.
69: steppe] Q1. steepe Q2 Ff.
77: through the glimmering] glimmering through the Warburton.
78: Perigenia] Perigune Theobald. Perigyne Hanmer. Perigouna Grant White (North’s Plutarch).
79: Ægle] Rowe. Eagles Qq Ff.
80: Antiopa] Atiopa F1.
82: the] that Hanmer (Warburton).
85: in] on Pope.
pelting] Qq. petty Ff.
91: Have] Rowe (ed. 2). Hath Qq Ff.
95: his] its Pope.
97: murrion] murrain Warburton.
99: in] on Collier MS.
101: want...here;] want;...here, Knight (Anon. conj.). chant,—...here; Grant White conj.
winter here] F3 F4. winter heere Qq F1 F2. winter chear Theobald conj. (withdrawn). winters heryed Warburton. wonted year Johnson conj. winter gere Brae conj.
101–114: Johnson proposes to arrange in the following order: 101, 107–114, 102–104, 106, 105.
106: thorough] Q1 F2 F3. through Q2 F1 F4.
107: hoary] Q1 F3 F4. hoared Q2 F1 F2.
109: thin] Halliwell (Tyrwhitt conj.). chinne Qq F1 F2. chin F3 F4. chill Grey conj.
112: childing] chiding Pope.
113: mazed] amazed Rowe.
114: increase] inverse Hanmer. inchase Warburton.
115: evils comes] F2 F3. evils, Comes Qq F1. evil comes F4.
122: The fairy] Thy fairy Collier MS.
123: votaress] votresse Qq Ff.
127: on] Qq F1 F2. of F3 F4.
131: Following,—her...squire,—] Following (her womb...squire) Qq Ff. (Following...squire) Steevens (Kenrick conj.). Follying (her...squire) Theobald (Warburton). Her fellowing womb... Becket conj.
rich] ripe Collier MS.
136: do I] Q1. I do Q2 Ff.
144: fairy] om. Steevens (Farmer conj.).
Fairies] Elves Pope.
149: once] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4. that Rowe.
155: saw] Q1. say Q2 Ff.
157: all arm’d] alarm’d Theobald (Warburton).
158: the] Ff. om. Qq.
160: should] would F4.
162: Quench’d] Quench F3 F4.
163: votaress] votresse Qq Ff.
172: it sees] is seen Collier MS.
175: I’ll] I’d Collier MS.
round] Q1. om. Q2 Ff.
177: when] whence Q2.
179: then] Q1. when Q2 Ff. which Rowe.
181: on meddling] or meddling Rowe.
183: from off] from of Q1 off from Q2 Ff.
188: Scene iii. Pope.
190: slay......slayeth] Theobald (Thirlby conj.). stay...stayeth Qq Ff.
191: unto] Qq. into Ff.
192: wode...wood] Hanmer. wodde...wood Q1. wood...wood Q2 Ff.
197: you] om. F3 F4.
201: nor] Ff. not Qq. and Pope.
202: you] Q1. thee Q2 Ff.
206: lose] loathe Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
208: can] can can F2.
210: use] Qq. do Ff. do use Reed.
220, 221: privilege: for that It is] Qq Ff. privilege for that. It is Malone (Tyrwhitt conj.).
235: questions] question Steevens conj.
238: the field] Q1. and field Q2 Ff.
242: [Exit Dem.] om. Qq Ff. Demetrius breaks from her and exit. Capell.
243: I’ll] Ile Qq. I Ff.
244: [Exit] Q2 Ff. om. Q1.
245: Scene iv. Pope.
246: Re-enter Puck] Enter Pucke. Qq Ff (after line 247).
247: Hast thou...wanderer] Welcome wanderer; hast thou the flower there] Jackson conj.
249: where] whereon Pope.
250: oxlips] Q1. oxslips Q2 Ff. the oxslips Rowe. oxslip Pope. oxlip Theobald.
oxlips...violets] violets...ox-lip Keightley conj.
251: Quite] om. Pope.
over-canopied] overcanopi’d Q1. overcanoped Q2. over-cannoped Ff. O’er cannopy’d Pope.
luscious] Ff. lushious Qq. lush Steevens (Theobald conj.).
253–256: Keightley proposes to arrange, 255, 256, 253, 254, and would insert a line after 254, e.g. ‘Upon her will I steal there as she lies’.
253: sometime] some time Rowe.
254: flowers] bowers Grant White (Collier MS.).
with] from Hanmer.
256: wrap] F2 F3 F4. wrappe Q1. rap Q2 F1.
257: And] There Hanmer.
266: fond on] fond of Rowe.
268: [Exeunt.] Qq. [Exit. Ff.
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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