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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
The Merchant of Venice, IV, 1.
The Merchant of Venice, IV, 1.
Scene i. A court...] Capell. The Senate-House. Theobald.
...Salerio, and others.] om. Qq Ff. Salanio, Salarino and others. Capell. om. Qq Ff. Enter... and Gratiano at the bar. Theobald.
3: I am] I’m Pope.
6: dram] dream Becket conj.
7, 8: As three lines ending paines...course:...obdurate, in Q1.
15: Saler.] Salerio. Q2 Q3 Q4. Sal. Q1 Ff. See note (ix).
22: And......penalty] omitted by Rowe.
exact’st] Ff. exacts Qq.
24: loose] lose F4.
25: human] humane Q1 Ff Q3 Q4. humaine Q2.
29: Enow] Enough Rowe.
30: his state] this states Q2.
31: flint] Q1 F2 Q3 Q4 F3 F4. flints Q2 F1.
36: Sabbath] Q1 Ff. Sabaoth Q2. Sabbaoth Q3 Q4.
42, 43: I’ll...it is] I’ll now answer that By saying ’tis Warburton.
43: But, say, it] Capell. But say it Qq Ff.
46: baned] baind Qq Ff. brain’d Rowe.
49: bagpipe] big-pipe Warburton.
50, 51: urine: for affection, Mistress of] Capell (Thirlby conj.). urine for affection. Masters of Qq Ff. (Maisters Q2 F2). ...affection. Masterless Rowe. ...affection, Master of Singer (Thirlby conj.). ...affections, Masters of Hawkins conj. urine for affection: Matters of Jackson conj. urine: for affection Masters our Malone conj. See note (xi).
sways] sway Warburton.
56: woollen] Qq F1 F2 F3. wollen F4. wooden Johnson and Heath conj. wawling Capell conj. swollen Steevens (Hawkins conj.). swelling Hawkins conj. mewling Becket conj. bollen Dyce (Collier MS.). See note (xii).
58: offend, himself] Q1. offend himself Q2 F1 F2 Q3 Q4 F3. offend himself, F4.
65: answers] Q2 Q3 Q4. answere Q1. answer Ff.
66: things] Qq F1. thing F2 F3 F4.
70: think you] think, you Warburton.
the] Qq F1 F2. a. F3 F4.
73: You may] Qq. Or even Ff.
74: Why he...bleat...lamb;] Q3 Q4. Why he...bleake...lambe Q1 Q2. The ewe bleate for the lambe: F1. The ewe bleate for the lambe: when you behold, F2 F3 F4. When you behold the ewe bleat for the lamb; Hanmer. See note (xiii).
75: pines] Ff. of pines Qq.
76: no noise] a noise Hanmer.
77: fretten] Qq. fretted Ff.
79: what’s harder?] what’s harder: Qq. what harder? Ff.
91: your asses] you asses F2.
92: parts] Qq F1. part F2 F3 F4.
93: you bought] your bought F2.
100: ’tis] Ff. tis Q1. as Q2 Q3 Q4. is Capell.
107: Saler.] Q1. Salerio Q2. Sal. FF Q3 Q4. Salan. Knight.
110: messenger] Qq. messengers Ff.
116: earliest] soonest Capell (corrected in MS.).
and] om. F2 F3 F4.
118: dressed...clerk.] Rowe. om. Qq Ff.
119: Scene ii. Pope.
120: From both, my lord.] From both, my L. Q1. From both? my L. Q2. From both: my L. Q3 Q4. From both. My Lord Ff.
[Presenting...] Capell.
122: forfeiture] forfeit Rowe (ed. 2).
123: sole...soul] soule...soule Qq. soale...soule F1 F2. soale...soul F3 F4.
124: but] for Pope.
127: hast] hoast F2.
128.: inexecrable] Qq F1 F2. inexorable F3 F4.
134: human] humane Q1 Ff Q3 Q4. humaine Q2.
136: lay’st] lay’dst Douce conj.
138: starved] starv’d Qq. sterv’d Ff.
142: cureless] Qq. endlesse Ff. careless Pope.
here] om. Q3 Q4.
144: to] Qq. in Ff.
150: Clerk. [reads] Capell. om. Qq Ff.
153: acquainted] acquained F1
cause] case F3 F4.
163: Enter...] Enter P. for Balthazer. Qq Ff, after line 161 (Balthazar F1 F2 Q3 Q4, Balthasar F3 F4). Enter P. dressed like a doctor of laws. Rowe.
164: Come] Qq Came Ff.
174: impugn] impunge Q1.
175: do you not] doe ye not Q1.
181: blest] blessing Seymour conj.
191: likest] lik’st Q1.
199: court] Qq. course Ff.
205: twice] thrice Ritson conj.
209: truth] ruth Theobald conj. (withdrawn). See note (xiv).
215: precedent] Qq. president Ff.
219: I do] Qq. do I Ff.
222, 229, 313: thrice] twice Spedding conj.
225: No, not] Not not Q2.
230: tenour] Q1. tenure Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
250, 251: It...flesh?] As one line in Qq Ff. Corrected by Capell.
Are there...flesh?] Are there scales and balance here To weigh the merchant’s flesh? Lloyd conj.
balance here] ballances here Rowe. scales Pope.
253: do] Qq. should Ff.
254: Is it so...bond?] Qq. It is not...bond? F1 F2 F3. It is not...bond. F4.
258: You, merchant] Qq. Come merchant Ff.
263: her custom] Qq F1. his custom F2 F3 F4.
267: such] sordid Lloyd conj. so much Edd. conj.
misery] Qq F1. a misery F2 F3 F4.
272: love] lover Collier MS.
273: but] Qq. not Ff.
276: presently] Q1 instantly Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
281: ay,] Pope. I Qq Ff. I’d Rowe.
285: whom] Ff. who Qq.
290: I have] I’ve Pope.
292: [Aside.] Rowe.
301: jot] iote Q1 Q2.
303: Take then] Qq. Then take Ff. See note (xv).
313: this] his Capell.
321: cut’st] Q1. tak’st Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
322: be it but] Qq. be it Ff. be ’t but Pope.
323: substance] balance Collier MS.
324: Or] On Theobald.
325: do] om. Pope.
329: you] Qq. thee Ff.
330: thy] Qq Ff. the Pope.
334: He] And Q1.
337: have barely] barely have Pope.
339: so taken] Qq. taken so Ff.
341: question] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. heere in question Q1.
344: an] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. any Q1.
348: one] Q2 Ff. on Q1 Q3 Q4.
349: coffer] coster Q1.
355: hast] had F2 F3 F4.
against] Q2 Ff Q3 Q4. gainst Q1.
357: formerly] formally Warburton conj.
363: shalt] may’st Pope.
spirits] Q1. spirit Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
374: God’s sake] Godsake Q2.
376: quit] quite F2.
for] from Hanmer.
379: Upon] Until Hanmer.
his] my Johnson conj.
384: possess’d] possess’d of Capell conj.
393: Gra.] Shy. Q2.
shalt thou] Qq. thou shalt Ff.
395: not] Q1. not to Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
396: home with me] Qq. with me home Ff.
to dinner] dinner Q1.
397: do] om. Q1.
Grace of] Graces Q3 Q4.
403: Scene iii. Pope.
413: more] mere Anon. conj.
418: a fee] Q1 F2 F3 F4. fee Q2 F1 Q3 Q4.
421: [To Ant.] Edd.
422: [To Bass.] Edd.
429: depends on this than on] than this depends upon Q1.
430. will I] I will Q1.
441: the] Q1. this Q2 Ff Q3 Q4.
442: enemy] enmity Rowe.
446: ’gainst] Qq. against Ff.
wife’s] Rowe. wives Qq Ff.
commandment] F4. commandement Q1 F1 F2 Q3 Q4 F3. commaundement Q2.
449: [Exit G.] [Exeunt G. Q1.
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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