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Love's Labour's Lost (version 2)
Much Ado About Nothing, II. 3.
Much Ado About Nothing, II. 3.
Scene iii.] Scene viii. Pope.
Enter Benedick.] Collier. Enter Benedick alone. Q Ff. Enter B. and a Boy. Rowe. Enter B. and a Boy following. Staunton.
1: Enter Boy.] Collier, om. Q Ff.
7: [Exit Boy.] Exit. Q. Ff (after line 5).
18: orthography] Ff. ortography Q. orthographer Rowe (ed. 2). orthographist Capell conj.
22: an] and Q.
27–30: See note (xiii).
29: I] Q. om. Ff.
33: Scene ix. Pope.
Enter......Leonato] Capell. Enter prince, Leonato, Claudio, Musicke. Q. Enter Prince, L., C. and Jacke Wilson. Ff.
38: kid-fox] cade fox Hanmer. hid fox Warburton.
Enter...Music] Q. om. Ff.
40: tax] task Capell conj.
41, 42: F1 repeats these lines in the turn of the page.
45–56: Put into the margin as spurious by Pope.
53: nothing] Q Ff. noting Theobald.
65: moe] Q F1. more F2 F3 F4.
66: Of] Or Collier MS.
67: fraud...was] Q. fraud...were Ff. frauds...were Pope.
68: leavy] leafy Pope.
72: no, no] ne no F4.
no, faith;] no; faith, Collier.
74: An] Capell. And Q Ff. If Pope.
76: lief] live Q.
79: us] om. Rowe.
night] om. Pope.
82: [Exit B.] Exeunt Bal. and Musick. Capell. See note (xiv).
93, 94: it,...affection;] it,...affection, Q Ff. it;...affection, Pope. it;...affection,— Capell.
94: infinite] definite Warburton.
100: this] Q F1. the F2 F3 F4.
102: tell you] tell Capell.
124: paper] paper full Collier MS.
126: us of] of us Q.
127: was] om. F3 F4.
128: over] ever F2.
sheet?] Capell. sheet. Q Ff. sheets. Collier MS.
133: for] om. Rowe.
136: prays, curses] prays, cries Collier MS. curses, prays Halliwell.
140: afeard] Q Ff. afraid Rowe.
144: make but] Q. but make Ff.
146: alms] alms-deed Collier MS.
156: daffed] Johnson. daft Q Ff. dofft Pope. dafft Theobald.
158: a’] a Q. he Ff.
166: contemptible] contemptuous Hanmer.
169: Before] Q. ’Fore Ff.
172: Claud.] Q. Leon. Ff.
174: say] Q. see Ff.
175: most] Q. om. Ff.
177–182: Leon. If he...make.] Put into the margin as spurious by Pope.
177: a’ must] a must Q Ff. he must Rowe.
183: seek] Q. see Ff.
184: wear] wait Rowe (ed. i).
190: see] shew Rowe (ed. i).
191: unworthy] Q. unworthy to have Ff.
196: gentlewomen] Q. gentlewoman Ff.
197: one an opinion of another’s] an opinion of one another’s Pope.
200: in to] Q F4. into F1 F2 F3. to Rowe (ed. i).
201: Scene x. Pope.
204: their] Q. the Ff.
214: have] to have Rowe.
215: remnants] Q F1. remains F2 F3 F4.
217: youth...age] age...youth Collier MS.
224: in to] into F3.
225: dinner] See note (xv).
232: knife’s] Pope. knives Q Ff.
choke] not choke Collier MS.
235: in to] into F1.
238: is] are Hanmer.
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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