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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
The Merchant of Venice, I, 1.
Linenotes-The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice, I, 1.
Enter...Salanio] See note (i).
5, 6: So printed in Q3 Q4: as one line in Q1 Q2 Ff.
10: on] of Steevens (Capell conj.).
13: curt’sy] cursie Q1 Q2.
19: Peering] Piering Q1. Piring Q2. Prying Q3 Q4.
24: at sea might do] at sea, might do Q1. might doe at sea Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
27: Andrew dock’d] Rowe. Andrew docks Qq Ff. Arg’sy dock’d Hanmer. Andrew’s decks Collier conj. Andrew, decks Delius.
33: her] the Q1. my Anon. conj.
46: Why, then you are] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. Then y’are Q1.
fie!] fie, away! Hanmer.
47: neither?] Q1. neither: Q2 F1 Q3 Q4. neither! F2 F3 F4.
let us] let’s Pope.
48: and] om. Pope.
54: other] others Pope.
56: Enter...] om. Q1. Dyce after line 64.
58: Fare ye well] Q3 Q4 F3 F4. Faryewell Q1 Q2 F1 F2. Fare you well Capell.
68: [Exeunt...] om. Rowe.
69: Lor.] Lord. F2. Sola. Rowe.
you have] you’ve Pope.
72: [Exit. Q1.
78: man] one Q1.
82: heart] heat F2 F3.
84: alabaster] Pope. alablaster Qq Ff.
87: it is] Ff. tis Qq.
89: cream] dreame Q1.
93: am Sir] Qq. am Sir an Ff.
95: these] those Q1.
97: when] who Rowe.
I am] I’m Pope.
98: would] ’twould Collier (Collier MS.).
damn] F4. dam Q1 Q2. damme F1 F2 F3. dant Q3 Q4.
102: fool] fool’s Pope.
103: Fare ye well] farwell Q1.
108: moe] more Rowe.
110: Farewell] Farwell Q1. Far you well Q2 F1. Fare you well F2 Q3 Q4 F3 F4.
gear] jeer Chedworth conj. fear Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
112: [Exeunt G. and L.] Exeunt Qq Ff.
113: Is...now?] Rowe. It is...now. Qq Ff. It is that:—any thing now. Collier.
now] new Johnson conj.
115: as] om. Ff.
119: the] this Hanmer.
124: something showing] shewing something Pope.
125: continuance] continuance of Chedworth conj.
143: the other forth] the other, forth Hanmer. the first Seymour conj. him forth Lloyd conj.
146: wilful] witless Warburton. wileful Becket conj. wasteful Collier MS.
wilful youth] prodigal Lansdowne version.
155: do me now] Qq. doe F1. do to me F2 F3 F4.
160: unto it] to serve you Mason conj.
163: sometimes] sometime, Theobald.
164: messages] messengers Mason conj.
171: strond] strand Johnson.
172: come] comes Q1.
175: presages me such] which so presages Seymour conj.
178: Neither] Nor 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.
Other versions of Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
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