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Title: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Author: William Shakespeare
Narrator: Peter Wyngarde, Edward DeSouza, full cast
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-06-14
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Genres: Classics, Shakespeare
Publisher's Summary:
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, and is often seen as his first tentative steps in laying out some of the themes and tropes with which he would later deal in more detail.
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.
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