Aug 15, 2017
"He after honour hunts, I after love" - Proteus
We begin our three-episode investigation of 'The Two Gentlemen of
Verona', arguably the Bard's first play, circa 1589. Join me for a
journey through the highs and lows of the plot, by way of Greek
mythology, why the Ancients liked green honey, and our first casual
bigotry alerts!
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On the website, you can find an evolving bibliography.
Links mentioned:
The Grand
Tour of Europe
Hero and Leander (excerpts) by Christopher Marlowe
Isaac Asimov, Guide to Shakespeare
Harold Bloom, The Invention of the Human
Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare's Cure for Xenophobia, The New Yorker, June 2017
Unseen characters on television
Medieval and Renaissance manuals on chivalry
'Who is Silvia?' text
Dame Janet Baker singing 'Who is Silvia?' by Franz Schubert, with Murray Perahia on piano
And also Barbra Streisand for some reason...?
Augustus Leopold Egg, 'Launce's Substitute for Proteus' Dog', oil on canvas, 1849
Harold Goddard's The Meaning of Shakespeare
Clips:
Opening and closing: Henry Rowley Bishop, "Who is Sylvia?",
for the Frederic Reynolds production, Covent Garden, 1821 - Philip
Pickett, Susan Gritton et al
Arkangel Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2006,
d: Clive Brill
with Damian Lewis (Valentine), Michael Maloney (Proteus), Saskia
Wickham (Silvia)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Two Gentlemen of Verona,
2014, d: Simon Godwin
with Mark Arends (Proteus), Michael Marcus (Valentine), Martin
Bassindale (Speed)\
Marlowe
Society, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1959, d: George
Rylands
with Olive Gregg (Julia)
Oregon
Shakespeare Company, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1957, d:
James Sandoe
with William Oyler (Valentine), Doris Viola (Julia), Nagle Jackson
(Speed), Marcia Thayer (Lucetta), Jim Sheldon (Thurio)
BBC Complete Works, Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1983, d:
Don Taylor, p: Shaun Sutton
with Tony Haygarth (Launce), Tyler Butterworth (Proteus), Paul
Daneman (Duke of Milan), Andrew Burt (Third Outlaw)
Gerald Finzi, "Who is Sylvia?"
from 'Let Us Garlands Bring' (1942)
with Martin Vögerl - singer, Mira Teofilova - piano