Title: Two Gentlemen of Verona
First published: September 2004
Description: "Professor Schlueter approaches this early comedy as a parody of two types of Renaissance educational fiction: the love-quest story and the test-of-friendship story, which by their combination show high-flown human ideals as incompatible with each other and with human nature. A thoroughly researched, illustrated stage history reveals changing conceptions of the play, which nevertheless often fail to come to terms with its subversive impetus. Since the first known production at David Garrick's Drury Lane Theatre, it has tempted major directors and actors, including John Philip Kemble, William Charles Macready and Charles Kean, who established a tradition of understanding which cast its shadow even on such modern productions as Denis Carey's famous staging for the Bristol Old Vic and Robin Phillips's for the Royal Shakespeare Company. This updated edition includes a new introductory section by Lucy Munro on recent stage and critical interpretations, bringing the performance history completely up to date"--
Subjects: Drama, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), Exiles, Plays, English Young adult drama, Problems, exercises, Fiction, Teatro ingles (periodo elizabetano), British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, two gentlemen of verona, Drama, collections, Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author), Children's plays, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Concordances, English literature, Pictorial works, Juvenile fiction, DRAMA INGLES, Texts, English, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Two gentlemen of Verona, Two gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, William), Comedies, Verona (Italy) -- Drama, Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama, Exiles -- Drama, Adaptations, Herbert, george, 1593-1633, Herrick, robert, 1591-1674, Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, concordances, Triangles (interpersonal relations)--drama, Triangles (interpersonal relations)--italy--verona--drama, Exiles--drama, Pr2838.a2 r63 2000, Shakespeare, william , 1564-1616, Pr2838.a2 c37 2004, 822.33, Stage history, Comedy
Places: Verona (Italy)
People: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
LC classification: PR2838 A2 B6 1925