In my quest to read all of Shakespeare's plays, I just finished The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
It's another early play, a comedy, and certainly better than the ultra violent last play I read, Titus Andronicus.
It had its moments, though the ending really stretched credulity. One character had become a robber chief. Another character betrayed his betrothed, betrayed his best friend, and attempted to rape his best friend's beloved. And yet, in the final scene, the robber is pardoned, and the betrayer/attempted rapist suddenly says he's sorry, and all is immediately forgiven and a couple of weddings planned.
Hmm.
Nine plays to go in my quest.
Pax et bonum
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