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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
The Merchant of Venice, III, 2.
The Merchant of Venice, III, 2.
Scene ii. Enter...] Enter B. P. G. and all their Traines. Qq. (traine. Ff.)
1: Por.] Por. [Aside to Bass. Anon. conj.
3: therefore] om. Pope.
11: I am then] Q1. then I am Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
16: half yours] half F2 F3 F4. yours Capell.
17: if] Qq. of F1. first F2 F3 F4.
18: O] Qq Ff. Alas Pope.
19: Put] F2 F3. Puts Qq F1 F4.
20: not yours] I’m not yours Johnson conj.
so] not so Capell.
21: it, not I] it, not me Hanmer. it. Not I Warburton. it—Not I Johnson.
22: peize] Qq Ff. poize Rowe (ed. 1). peece Rowe (ed. 2). piece Johnson. pause Collier MS.
23: eke] eck Q1. ech Q2. ich F1 F2 F3. eech Q3 Q4. itch F4.
eke it] eche it out Pope (ed. 2).
to draw] draw F2 F3 F4.
it out] out Q1.
30: life] league S. Walker conj.
33: do] doth F1.
44: Then] [Aside] Then Anon. conj.
46: proper] just Pope.
54: presence] prescience Becket conj.
61: thou] See note (vii).
much much] Q2 F2 Q3 Q4 F3. much Q1 F1 F4.
62: I] To Q1.
Music.] Here Music. Ff. om. Qq.
whilst...] the whilst. Qq Ff.
63: is] his Warburton.
66: Reply, reply] Reply Hanmer. See note (viii).
67: eye] Qq. eyes Ff.
71: I’ll begin it] Printed in Roman letters in Qq Ff, the rest of the song being in italics.
81: vice] F2 F3 F4. voice Qq F1.
82: mark] om. Q1.
93: make] Pope. maketh Q1 Q2. makes Ff Q3 Q4.
97: guiled] Qq F1. guilded F2 F3 F4. gilded Rowe. guilty Warburton. guiling Becket conj.
99: Indian beauty;] Indian dowdy; Hanmer. Indian; beauty’s Harness (Theobald conj.). Indian gipsy; S. Walker conj. Indian: beauty, Collier MS. Indian favour; Lettsom conj. Indian Idol; Anon. ap. Halliwell conj. Indian visage or Indian feature; Spedding conj. Indian beldam Edd. conj.
100: times] tires or trims Theobald conj.
101: Therefore] Q1. Therefore then Q2 F1 Q3 Q4. Then Pope.
102: food] foole Q1.
103: pale] stale Farmer conj.
106: paleness] Qq Ff. plainness Theobald (Warburton).
108: [Aside] Edd.
110: shuddering] shyddring Qq.
green-eyed] green-hode Becket conj.
111: O...moderate] Be moderatee love Hanmer.
112: rein] reine Q3 Q4. range Q1. raine Q2 F1 F2. rain F3 F4. pour Lansdowne version.
114: surfeit] surfeit me Steevens conj. surfeit in’t or surfeit on’t Anon. conj.
What find I] What do I find Hanmer. Ha! what find I Capell.
[Opening...] om. Qq Ff.
117: whether] Ff Q3 Q4. whither Q1 Q2.
119: sugar] sugar’d Pope.
122: to entrap] t’ intrap Q1 Ff Q3 Q4. tyntrap Q2.
126: itself] himself Johnson conj. it’s self Jackson conj.
unfurnish’d] Qq Ff. unfinish’d Rowe. half-furnish’d Anon. ap. Halliwell conj.
144: still...in a] gazing still in Pope.
145: peals] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. pearles Q1.
149: me] Qq. my Ff.
Bassanio] Bassiano F1 F2.
154: ten thousand] ten Lloyd conj.
155, 156: Printed as one line in Qq Ff.
156: only] om. F2 F3 F4.
159: sum of something,] summe of something: Q1 Q3 Q4. sume of something: Q2. sum of nothing: Ff. some of something, Warburton.
162: happier than] happier then Qq F1. happier then in F2 F3 F4. more happy then in Pope. and happier than Steevens. and happier in Lloyd conj.
this,] this, in that Capell.
164: is] in Collier (Collier MS.).
168: but now I] I but now Pope.
the lord] Qq Ff. the lady Rowe. lady Pope.
169: master] Qq Ff. mistress Rowe.
172: lord] lord’s Q2.
186: Bassanio’s] Ff Q3 Q4. Bassanio is Q1. Bassanios Q2.
197: have] gave F1.
200: loved for intermission.] F3 F4. loved: for intermission Theobald. lov’d for intermission, Q1 Q2 F1 F2 F3.
202: casket] Q2 Q3 Q4. caskets Q2 Ff.
204: here] heere Qq F1. heete F2. heat F3 F4. herd Rowe (ed. 1). her Rowe (ed. 2).
sweat] F3 F4. swet Qq F1 F2.
205: roof] roofe Q1. rough Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. tongue Collier MS.
210: is, so] Qq. is so, so Ff.
221, 222, 230: Salerio] Qq Ff. Salanio Rowe. See note (ix).
221: Scene iii. Pope.
Salerio...Venice.] Q1 Q2 Salerio. Ff. Salerio? from Venice. Q3 Q4. Salanio. Rowe. Salerino. Capell.
225: very] om. Q3 Q4.
232: I] Qq F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
234: [Gives...] Theobald.
238: [Opens the letter. Ff. [He opens the Letter. Q1. [Open the letter. Q2 Q3 Q4.
239, 245: yon] Q1. yond Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
244: I would] Qq Ff. Would Pope.
246: steals] Qq Ff. steal Pope.
Bassanio’s] Bassiano’s F1 F2.
251: I must freely] Qq F1. must freely F2 F3 F4. I must Pope.
265: Here is] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. Heer’s Q1.
266: as] is Pope.
269: Have] Rowe. Hath Qq Ff.
270: and] from Rowe.
272: scape] scaped Anon. conj.
295: condition’d and] condition’d: an Warburton.
unwearied] unwearied’st Hunter conj. most unwearied Lansdowne version.
303: this] his S. Walker conj.
304: Shall] Qq Ff. Should Capell.
through] Qq F1. through my F2 F3 F4. thorough Collier conj.
314, 315: Bid...dear] Put in the margin as spurious by Pope.
317: Bass. [reads] om. Qq Ff.
320: you and I] Qq Ff. you and me Pope.
I, if...death.] I. If...death:— C. Kemble conj.
but see] Qq. see Ff.
323: Por.] om. Q1.
327: No] Q1. Nor Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
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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