The Two Gentlemen of Verona facts for kids

The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a play by William Shakespeare. It is a comedy. It is one of the first plays he wrote. According to The Guardian, "it is far from being his most polished work".

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Images for kids

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  Two Gentlemen of Verona by Angelica Kauffman (1789).

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  Silvia by Charles Edward Perugini (1888).

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  Valentine Rescuing Silvia from Proteus by William Holman Hunt (1851).

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  First page of The Boke Named the Governour by Thomas Elyot (1531).

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  A 1587 printing of John Lyly's Euphues, The Anatomy of Wit.

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  First page of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from the First Folio (1623).

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  Silvia Rescued by Valentine by Francis Wheatley (1792).

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  Launce's substitute for Proteus' dog by Augustus Egg (1849).

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  H.C. Selous' illustration of Valentine and Proteus' farewell in Act 1, Scene 1; from The Plays of William Shakespeare: The Comedies, edited by Charles Cowden Clarke and Mary Cowden Clarke (1830).

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  Early 20th-century Henry James Haley illustration of Act 2, Scene 1 (Silvia refusing Valentine's letter).

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  Scene from The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine woos Silvia; the Duke sits nearby, pretending to be asleep) by Alfred Elmore (1857).

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  Who is Sylvia – What is she, that all the swains commend her by Edwin Austin Abbey (1899).

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  Tim Mace as Launce and Abbie as Crab from a 2009 modern dress performance at the Capitol Center Theater.

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  Valentine (Alex Avery), Silvia (Rachel Pickup) and Proteus (Laurence Mitchell) in the 2004 Fiona Buffini production.

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  Henry Roberts' engraving of Richard Yates as Launce in the 1762 Drury Lane adaptation by Benjamin Victor.

See also

In Spanish: Los dos hidalgos de Verona para niños