The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Video Introduction

Thank you to Thomas Luxon for returning to introduce The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Thomas H. Luxon is Professor of English at Dartmouth College. He is the General Editor of The John Milton Reading Room an online edition of Milton’s complete poetry and major prose. He is also the author of two books, one on Bunyan and Puritan allegory and another on Milton, Marriage, and Friendship. For nine years, Luxon was the Cheheyl Professor and founding director of the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, a center devoted to teachers’ professional development. he has also published essays on Shakespeare and Dryden. Last year he offered an an online EdX course on Milton’s Paradise Lost.

Many thanks to my friend Joey Bianco of Whim Wham for the animated video elements.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Additional Resources

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by Dan HainsworthHere are some helpful resources to enhance your experience of The Two Gentlemen of Verona:

  • A group of actors will be doing a live reading of The Two Gentlemen of Verona on March 19 on YouTube, beginning at 12 p.m. Pacific time.
  • The Two Gentlemen of Verona resources, character map, and infographic from Course Hero.
  • A quick synopsis of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Want something longer and sillier? Try this LEGO version.
  • A full production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from Hofstra University (2018) is available on YouTube.

Thanks for Dan Hainsworth for letting us use his Shakespeare icons, as shown above right.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: From the Folger Archive

Enjoy these Two Gentlemen of Verona images from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Find more here.

Julia: “To Julia, …Say, from whom?” Lucetta: “That the contents will show”, act 1, sc. 2 [graphic] / C.
Julia, Two gentlemen of Verona, act 4, sc. 4 [graphic] / J.J. Jenkins ; B. Eyles.
[Two gentlemen of Verona, V, 1, Eglamour and Silvia leave the abbey] [graphic] / [Alexandre Bida].
Two gentlemen of Verona, act V, scene IV, Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch [graphic] / T. Stothard, R.A. pinxt. ; J. Thompson sc.
Mr. Quick as Launce [in Shakespeare’s Two gentlemen of Verona] [graphic].
[Two gentlemen of Verona] [graphic] / [John Augustus Atkinson].
Les deux gentilhommes de Vérone [graphic] / [Alexandre Bida].
Two gentlemen of Verona, Valentine as Captain of the robbers [graphic] / [Louis Rhead].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].
Two gentlemen of Verona, a set of seven original drawings [graphic] / [Byam Shaw].