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SAYS WIKI: The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591.
It is considered by some to be Shakespeare’s first play,[1] and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more detail; for example, it is the first of his plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy.
The play deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, the conflict between friendship and love, and the foolish behaviour of people in love. The highlight of the play is considered by some to be Launce, the clownish servant of Proteus, and his dog Crab, to whom “the most scene-stealing non-speaking role in the canon” has been attributed.
DUKE OF MILAN: Father to Silvia
VALENTINE, PROTEUS: the two Gentlemen
ANTONIO: Father to Proteus
THURIO: a foolish rival to Valentine
EGLAMOUR: Agent for Silvia in her escape
HOST: where Julia lodges
OUTLAWS: with Valentine
SPEED: a clownish servant to Valentine
LAUNCE: the like to Proteus
PANTHINO: Servant to Antonio
JULIA: beloved of Proteus
SILVIA: beloved of Valentine
LUCETTA: waiting-woman to Julia
Servants, Musicians
SCENE: Verona, Milan
the frontiers of Mantua
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