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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
As You Like It, V, 4.
As You Like It, V, 4.
Scene iv.] Scene v. Pope.
Celia.] Colia. F2.
4: that fear] that think Hanmer.
fear they hope...they fear] fear their hap...their fear Warburton. fear with hope and hope with fear Johnson conj. fear, they hope, and now they fear Id. conj. fear their hope, and know their fear. Capell (Heath conj.). feign they hope, and know they fear. Blackstone conj. fear, then hope; and know, then fear Musgrave conj. fearing hope, and hoping fear Mason conj. hope they fear, then know they fear Becket conj. fear the hope, and know the fear Jackson conj. fear may hope, and know they fear Harness conj. fear; they hope, and know they fear Delius (Henley conj.). fear to hope and know they fear Collier MS.
5: urged] heard Collier MS.
21: your] Pope. you your Ff.
25: even.] even—even so Collier (Collier MS.)
[Exeunt R. and C.] Exit Ros. and Celia. Ff.
33: Whom] F1 F2. Who F3 F4.
Enter T. and A.] Enter Clowne and Audrey. Ff (after line 33).
35: Scene vi. Pope.
36, 37: very strange] unclean Hanmer (Warburton).
48: was] was not Johnson conj.
50: seventh] F1 F2. the seventh F3 F4.
53: you of] of you Warburton.
55, 56: binds...breaks] bids...bids break Warburton.
61: fool’s] F4. fooles F1 F3. foles F2.
and such] in such Farmer conj.
61, 62: Touch. According...diseases.] Jaq. According......sir. Touch. And...diseases— S. Walker conj.
62: diseases] discourses Johnson conj. phrases Mason conj. discords Anon. conj.
76: I lie] I ly’d Capell.
76, 77: so to the] F2 F3 F4. so ro F1. so the Rowe.
93: take up] make up De Quincey MS.
98: as] om. Rowe.
104: Atone] Attone Ff.
108: her hand] F3 F4. his hand F1 F2.
109: his bosom] her bosom Malone.
113: sight] shape Johnson conj.
114, 115: Printed as one line in Ff.
134: these things] thus we Collier MS.
140: of] in Collier MS.
142: daughter, welcome,] F4. daughter welcome, F1 F2 F3. daughter-welcome Theobald.
144: Enter Jaques de Boys.] Rowe. Enter Second Brother. Ff.
158: them] Rowe. him Ff.
161: brothers’] Capell. brothers F1 F2 F3. brother’s F4. brothers, Reed.
169: states] ’states Collier.
180, 182, 183, 184, 185: Stage directions not in Ff.
181: deserves] deserve Pope.
191: we will] F2 F3 F4. wee’l F1.
192: As] And Reed.
trust they’ll end, in] Pope. trust, they’l end in Ff.
[A dance.] Capell. Exit. F1. om. F2 F3 F4.
Epilogue.] Warburton. Seymour supposes what follows to be spurious.
6: then] tho’ Kenrick conj.
7: cannot] can Pope.
12: please you] F1 F2. pleases you F3 F4. pleases them Hanmer (Warburton). please them Steevens.
and I] and so I Steevens (Farmer conj.).
14: hates] hate Pope.
them] them) to like as much as pleases them Hanmer (Warburton).
20: [Exeunt.] F2 F3 F4. [Exit. F1.
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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