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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
Much Ado About Nothing, I, 1.
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Much Ado About Nothing, I, 1.
Scene i. Before L.’s house] Capell. A court before L.’s house. Pope.
Enter...] See note (i).
1, 8: Peter] Q Ff. Pedro Rowe.
8: numbers] number F4.
35: bird-bolt] Theobald. but-bolt Id. conj. burbolt Q Ff.
37: promised] promise F4.
39: be] om. F3 F4.
meet] met Capell.
40: these] Q F1. those F2 F3 F4.
41: Beat.] Mes. F2.
victual] Capell. vittaile Q. victuall F1 F2 F3. victuals F4.
eat] F3 F4. eate Q F2. ease F1.
42: he is] Q. he’s Ff.
50: stuffing,—well,] Theobald (Davenant’s version). stuffing well, Q Ff.
57: warm] from harm Warburton.
58: wealth] wearth Hanmer.
65, 161, 170 and passim. an] Theobald. and Q Ff. if Pope.
73: Benedick] Benedict Q F1.
74: a’] a Q1. he F1. it F2 F3 F4.
77: never] Q. ne’re Ff.
79: Enter ... Don John] Enter ... John the Bastard. Q Ff.
80: Scene ii. Pope.
80, 81: you are...trouble:] Ff. are you...trouble: Q. are you...trouble? Collier.
87: too] Q F1. more F2 F3 F4. most Rowe.
90: sir] Q. om. Ff.
92: we] you Rowe (ed. 2).
110: pernicious] pertinacious Grey conj.
116: were] om. Collier MS.
120: i’] Capell. a Q Ff. o’ Warburton.
124: That...all, Leonato.] That...all: Leonato, Q. This...all: Leonato, Ff. This...all: Don John, Hanmer. See note (ii).
126: tell him] Q F1 F2. tell you F3 F4.
131, 132: Q Ff place a comma after lord and a colon or semicolon after brother.
136: [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Manent ... Q. [Exeunt. Manet... Ff.
137: Scene iii. Pope.
143: their] her Capell conj.
144: pray thee] Q F1 prethee F2 F3 F4.
145: a high] a hie Q F1 F2. an high F3 F4.
154: into] in too Hanmer.
158, 159: ever I] I ever Pope.
162: with a] with such a Rowe (ed. 2).
167: this? In faith] Q Ff. this, in faith? Pope.
172: Re-enter Don Pedro.] Hanmer. Enter Don Pedro, John the bastard. Q Ff.
173: Scene iv. Pope.
174: Leonato’s] Rowe (ed. 2). Leonatoes Q F1 F2. Leonato F3 F4. Leonato’s house Pope.
177: can] cannot F4.
180: With who?] Q F1. With whom? F2 F3 F4.
181: his] the Collier MS.
182, 183: Claud. If ... were it. Bene. Uttered like the old tale ... Johnson conj. See note (iii).
193: spoke] Q. speake F1 F2. speak F3 F4.
205: recheat] rechate Q Ff.
219: hits] first hits Collier MS.
248: Scene v. Pope.
249: to teach] to use S. Walker conj.
267: I will] I’ll Pope.
267, 268: and with her father, And thou shalt have her] Q. Omitted in Ff. restored by Theobald.
269: story] string Lettsom conj.
270: you do] Q. do you Ff.
275: grant] plea Hanmer. ground Collier MS.
grant is] garant’s Anon. conj.
is] Q F1 F2. in F3 F4.
the] to Hayley conj.
282: the] a F4.
286: presently] instantly Capell conj. MS.
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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