The Two Gentlemen of Verona, William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, William Shakespeare
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Author: William Shakespeare

Narrator: Peter Wyngarde, (Null) Cast

Abridged: 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 12/27/2003


Synopsis

He after honor hunts, I after love. He leaves his friends to dignify them more, I leave myself, my friends and all, for love. Proteus - Act I, Scene IA Shakespeare Society Production.The complete play in four acts.

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three children—Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.

About (Null) Cast

Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales on 27 October 1914. In 1934 his first book of poetry, Eighteen Poems appeared, followed by Twenty-five Poems in 1936, Deaths and Entrances in 1946 and in 1952 his final volume, Collected Poems. He also published many short stories, wrote filmscripts, broadcast stories and talks, did a series of lecture tours in the United States and wrote Under Milkwood, the radio play.During his fourth lecture tour of the United States in 1953, a few days after his 39th birthday, he collapsed in his New York hotel and died on November 9th at St. Vincent's Hospital. His body was sent back to Laugharne, Wales, where his grave is marked by a simple wooden cross.In June 1994, his wife, Caitlin Thomas, died in Italy, where she had spent most of the years of her life after the death of Dylan Thomas. Her body is buried next to his.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on March 10, 2022

one star for each gent......more

Goodreads review by Barry on January 09, 2016

There is literally a whole monologue in which a guy complains about his dog pissing on everything.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on December 30, 2019

Early in Two Gentlemen of Verona, a character refers to a "shallow tale of deep love," but the play he himself inhabits is something worse, at least where the affection of these two gentlemen are concerned: it is a shallow tale of shallow love. Proteus shifts his love from one woman to another as qu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on April 06, 2022

Allegedly, Shakespeare’s first play, Two Gentleman of Verona is a farcical love story complete with a cross-dressing lover, à loquacious dog owner, and many humorous scenes. One must look past the two anti-Semitic references and the misogyny of the story and deign to appreciate the clever dialogues.......more

Goodreads review by Calista on June 11, 2020

The ending on this one is strange indeed. That ending really makes the book hard to accept as a modern reader. I read some commentary and people were speaking of this being about friendship between men and how important that was, but it excuses rape. It really soured the book for me and I can't say......more