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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 2.
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, II, 2.
Scene ii.] Capell. Scene v. Pope. Scene iii. Steevens.
2: for] ’fore Theobald. in Heath conj.
a minute] the midnight Warburton.
7: spirits] sports Hanmer (Warburton).
9: Fir. Fairy.] Capell. Fairies sing. Qq Ff.
13, 24: chorus.] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
14: in our] Qq. in your Ff. now your Collier MS.
20: Fir. Fairy.] 1. Fai. Q1. 1. Fairy. Q2. 2. Fairy Ff.
21: spinners] Q1 Ff. spinders Q2.
25: Sec. Fairy.] 2. Fai. Qq. 1. Fairy. Ff.
26: [Exeunt Fairies.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
Titania sleeps.] Shee sleepes. F1. om. Qq.
Enter...eyelids.] Capell. Enter Oberon. Qq Ff.
32: that] what Pope.
34: [Exit.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
35: Scene vi. Pope.
wood] Q1. woods Q2 Ff.
38: comfort] comfor Q1.
39: Be it] Q2 Ff Bet it Q1. Be ’t Pope.
45, 46: innocence!...conference] conference!...innocence Warburton.
46: takes] take Tyrwhitt conj.
conference] confidence Collier MS.
47: is] it Q1.
48: we can] Qq. can you Ff. can we Capell.
49: interchained] Qq. interchanged Ff.
57, 119: human] F4. humane Qq F1 F2 F3.
65: [They sleep.] Ff. om. Qq.
67: found] Q1. find Q2 Ff.
77: Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy] Near to this lack-love, this kill-curtesie Pope. Near to this kill-courtesie Theobald. Near to this lack-love kill-curtesie Warburton. Near this lack-love, kill-courtesy Steevens. Nearer this lack-love, this kill-courtesy S. Walker conj.
84: Scene vii. Pope.
Stay] Qq F1. Say F2 F3 F4.
87: [Exit.] Exit Demetrius. Ff. om. Qq.
96: marvel] mavaile F2.
100: Lysander! Capell. Lysander Qq Ff.
104: Helena] Helen Pope.
Nature shows] Nature shewes Qq. Nature her shewes F1. Nature here shews F2 F3 F4. Nature shews her Singer (Malone conj.).
105: thy heart] my heart S. Walker conj.
106: is] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
113: I love] Q1. now I love Q2 Ff.
118: ripe not] not ripe Rowe (ed. 2).
122: Love’s stories] Love-stories S. Walker conj.
127: Demetrius’] Rowe (ed. 2). Demetrius Qq Ff. Demetrius’s Rowe (ed. 1).
138: the stomach] Qq F1. a stomach F2 F3 F4.
140: they] Qq. that Ff.
143: your] their Collier MS.
147: Ay me] Ah me Capell.
150: you] Qq. yet Ff.
154: swoon] swoune Q1. swound Q2 F2 F3 F4. sound F1.
156: Either] Or Pope.
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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