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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
The Merchant of Venice, II, 9.
The Merchant of Venice, II, 9.
Scene ix.] Scene v. Rowe. Scene x. Pope. Scene viii. Dyce.
3: Flourish of cornets.] Ff. om. Qq.
Enter...] Enter Arragon, his traine and Portia. Qq Ff.
7: you] Qq. thou Ff.
13–15: marriage: Lastly, If I do] Edd. marriage: Lastly, if I do Qq Ff. marriage: Last, if I Pope. marriage; lastly, If I do Capell.
19, 20: me. Fortune...hope!] me, fortune...hope: Qq Ff.
22: After this line Mr Lloyd proposes to insert ‘Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves:’ see l. 35.
25: desire!] desire, Qq Ff.
’many’ may] may Pope.
25, 26: that...By the] by that many may be Meant the Grant White conj.
26: By the fool] Of the full Pope.
28: pries not to the] prize not the Collier MS.
30: road] rode Qq Ff.
33: multitudes] multitude S. Walker conj.
39: merit?] Rowe. merit, Qq Ff.
42: and] om. Pope.
46: peasantry] Q2 Q3 Q4. pesantry Q1. pleasantry Ff.
46–48: glean’d...Pick’d] pick’d...Glean’d Johnson conj.
48: chaff] F4. chaffe Q1 F1 F2 Q3 Q4 F3. chaft Q2.
ruin] rowing or rowen Steevens conj.
49: varnish’d] vernish’d Q1. varnist Q2. vanned Warburton.
51: for this] om. Steevens (Ritson conj.).
52: [He...casket.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
57: deservings] deserving F4.
58: have] Qq Ff. get Knight.
60: prize] price Capell conj.
62: is] om. Q1.
64: judgement] judement Q2.
68: I wis] See note (vi).
70: wife] wise Jackson conj.
72: be gone] Qq F1. be gone sir F2 F3 F4. farewel, sir Capell.
73: Still] Q1. Arrag. Still Q2 Q3 Q4. Ar. Still Ff.
78: wroth] Q3 Q4. wroath Q1 Q2 Ff. wrath Warburton. roth Dyce.
[Exeunt...train.] Capell. [Exit. Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
79: moth] Q1 F3 F4. moath Q2 F1 F2 Q3 Q4.
81: the wisdom] their wisdome Q1.
83: goes] go Hanmer.
84: Enter a Servant.] Rowe. Enter Messenger. Qq Ff.
85: Por.] Ner. Tyrwhitt conj.
90: courteous] curious Q3 Q4.
95: fore-spurrer] fore-spurrier Capell (corrected in MS.).
96: afeard] afraid Pope.
97: Thou wilt] Thou’lt Pope.
100: Quick Cupid’s post] Cupid’s quick post Collier MS.
101: Bassanio, lord Love,] Rowe. Bassanio Lord, love Q1 Q2 F1 F2 F3. Bassanio, Lord, Love Q3 Q4. Bassanio Lord, love, 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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