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“Even the most solemn of Shakespeare Scholars are aware that everything is amiss in the TWO GENTLEMEN, but Shakespeare evidently could not have cared less. The cad and the booby, sent off to the Emperors court by their severe fathers, somehow end up in Milan, or are they still in Verona? Clearly, it does not matter, nor do they matter, nor their unfortunate young women. …I have to conclude that Shakespeare cheerfully and knowingly travesties love and friendship alike.” – Harold Bloom Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, NEW JERSEY follows four Elizabethan theatre artists who are commissioned by a mysterious, wealthy patron to devise an original, hit comedy. Clashing personalities and delusions of grandeur slow the rehearsal process to a crawl, until they are interrupted by two unexpected intruders who make them an offer they can’t refuse.
A Definitely Human original take on the question: How could the greatest playwright of all time have written such a god-awful play?