William Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona": A Retelling in Prose
By David Bruce
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William Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" - David Bruce
William Shakespeare’s
The Two Gentlemen of Verona:
A Retelling in Prose
David Bruce
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Copyright 2015 by Bruce D. Bruce
Public Domain Cover Illustration:
Charles Heath: The Heroines of Shakespeare (1849)
Silvia (engraving after John William Wright)
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In this retelling, as in all my retellings, I have tried to make the work of literature accessible to modern readers who may lack some of the knowledge about mythology, religion, and history that the literary work’s contemporary audience had.
Do you know a language other than English? If you do, I give you permission to translate this book, copyright your translation, publish or self-publish it, and keep all the royalties for yourself. (Do give me credit, of course, for the original retelling.)
I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to give copies of this book to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to give copies of this book to all students forever. I also give permission to all teachers to give copies of this book to all students forever.
Teachers need not actually teach my retellings. Teachers are welcome to give students copies of my eBooks as background material. For example, if they are teaching Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, teachers are welcome to give students copies of my Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose and tell students, Here’s another ancient epic you may want to read in your spare time.
Dedicated to My Sister Brenda
Brenda wrote, During COVID and when visitors were restricted from visiting their loved one in the assisted-living facility I worked at, a patient mentioned to me how much she liked spaghetti during a late-night conversation we had. She was a night owl like me. Her name was Dee. I called her
Gerdy. Then she would say,
Dirty Gerdy, and we’d laugh. Anyway, on my way to work I bought two spaghetti meals from Olive Garden. I left for work early that night. I went to work, set up outlet dinners in the dining room, went to her room and wheeled her down to the dining room where we had dinner together. At that time, the residents weren’t leaving their room and had their meals alone in their room. It was nighttime and everyone was already in bed, so I didn’t see a problem. She was so grateful and had enough food for three more meals. It was such a simple gesture, but during that time it meant so much to her and for me.
Brenda once bought a newspaper at a gas station on Thanksgiving and tipped the female employee $5, and the employee cried.
Brenda wrote, I do remember that. I also remember when George tipped a TeeJays waitress $100, and she cried. Our family does a lot of good deeds all the time: I unload people’s grocery carts when the people are in those electric scooters. If they are alone with a few groceries, I’ll leave cash for the cashier to pay for the groceries. I’ve had a lot of good deeds done to me when I didn’t have a lot of money. It feels good to pay it forward.
She added, I just have one more thing to add and then I’m done. I’ve had a lot of people in my life do good deeds for me when I was at a low point on my life. I was at a low point for a very long time. David, you know what you’ve done for me, and I can never thank you enough. Martha paid for antibiotics for me when I had strep throat and didn’t have money. Rosa bought me groceries. Carla has done so much, and she had us over for Easter just after Chad died. When I say US, I mean all of my kids. She was so sick and ended up at the Emergency Room that same night. Frank gave me a car. And George buys my gas for me whenever he’s in Florida. And Mom and Dad were good people. I had a lot of good influences in my life that made me be a good person. At least I hope I’m a good person. I try to be someone Mom and Dad would be proud of.
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The doing of good deeds is important. As a free person, you can choose to live your life as a good person or as a bad person. To be a good person, do good deeds. To be a bad person, do bad deeds. If you do good deeds, you will become good. If you do bad deeds, you will become bad. To become the person you want to be, act as if you already are that kind of person. Each of us chooses what kind of person we will become. To become a good person, do the things a good person does. To become a bad person, do the things a bad person does. The opportunity to take action to become the kind of person you want to be is yours.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Duke of Milan, father to Silvia.
Valentine, Proteus, the two gentlemen of Verona.
Antonio, father to Proteus.
Thurio, a foolish rival to Valentine.
Eglamour, agent for Silvia in her escape.
Host, at whose establishment Julia lodges in Milan.
Outlaws, with Valentine.
Speed, a quick-witted young page to Valentine.
Launce, a servant to Proteus.
Panthino, a servant to Antonio.
Julia, who loves Proteus.
Silvia, who loves Valentine.
Lucetta, a waiting-woman to Julia.
Servants, Musicians.
Crab, dog to Launce.
Scene: Verona; Milan; and a forest.
The name VALENTINE is associated with true love.
PROTEUS was a sea-god who was a shape-shifter. In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus captures PROTEUS and holds on to him although he changes into many shapes. PROTEUS then gives Odysseus the information he asks for. PROTEUS is a name that is associated with fickleness in love.
CHAPTER 1
— 1.1 —
In Verona, Valentine and Proteus were talking together. They were friends, but they would be separated because Valentine was leaving Verona to travel to Milan. Proteus was staying in Verona because he had fallen in love with Julia and wanted to be with her.
Stop trying to persuade me to stay in Verona, my lovesick friend Proteus,
Valentine said. Home-staying youth always have homely — simple and dull — wits. If it were not the case that your affectionate love chains your tender and youthful days to the sweet glances of your honored love, I would rather have your company as I see the wonders of the world abroad than for you to live dully and like a sluggard at home and wear out your youth with aimless idleness. But since you are in love, love continually and thrive therein, just like I will when I begin to love.
Will you be gone? Do you still intend to travel?
Proteus asked. "Sweet Valentine, adieu! Think about your Proteus, when you happen to see some rare and noteworthy object during your travel. Wish that I could partake in your happiness when you meet with good fortune, and when you are in danger, if ever danger comes to you, commend your grievance to my holy prayers, for I will be your beadsman, Valentine. Like a beadsman, I will pray for you."
A beadsman is paid to pray for another person. The beadsman prays on a Bible.
Will you pray on a love-book for my success?
Valentine asked. Will you pray on a book of love stories?
Upon some book I love, I will pray for you.
Some book you love? That will be a book that tells some shallow story of deep love — for example, how young Leander crossed the Hellespont.
Leander was a young man who loved a woman named Hero. He was accustomed to swim across the Hellespont each night so that he could be with her.
That’s a deep story of a deeper love,
Proteus said. For he was more than over shoes in love.
Yes, Leander was deeply immersed in love — he was over his shoes in love. He was also deeply immersed in water. One night when he was swimming in the Hellespont to visit Hero, he drowned.
Yes, that is true, and what I said about you and love is true,
Valentine said. You yourself are over boots in love, and yet you have never swum the Hellespont.
Over the boots? No, do not give me the boots.
Proteus was referring to a game played in Warwickshire; the loser had his buttocks slapped with a pair of boots. The expression Don’t give me the boots
came to mean Don’t make me a laughingstock.
No, I will not give you the boots,
Valentine said, for it will not boot — profit — you.
What do you mean by ‘it’?
"By ‘it,’ I mean your being in love. When you