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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
By William Shakespeare - Stage play
Roles
- Speed
- Lance
About this piece
Lance lists all the "virtues" of his beloved to Speed
Summary
The play is about two childhood friends from Verona, Valentine and Proteus. In the beginning of the story Valentine leaves Verona for the Duke's court in Milan. Proteus tells his friend that he can't leave Verona because he is in love with Julia and is courting her. He sent her a love letter and is waiting for an answer. Valentine arrives in Milan and instantly falls in love with the Duke's daughter, Silvia. Soon later Proteus' father decides to send his son to Milan as well. Proteus also falls in love with Silvia and the story follows Proteus' schemes to win Silvia's love. In this scene we find Valentine's servant, Speed, with Proteus' servant, Lance. In his funny scene Lance has written all the virtues of a girl he has fallen in love with and has Speed read them one by one so that he can comment of them.
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