{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66a9cbceec85576657c15c85/66efeafe1b7e01caa797d920?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Two Gentlemen of Verona: ‘O Heaven, Were Men but Constant.’","description":"<p>Episode 137:</p><p><br></p><p>The dating of the play</p><p>Printing in the First Folio</p><p>The sources for the play and the nature of the text</p><p>A brief synopsis of the play</p><p>The major themes of the play</p><p>How the status and youth of Valentine and Proteus helps to understand their actions in the play</p><p>The role of Speed and how the play features the embryo of Shakespearean wordplay</p><p>The role and values of Lance, and Crab the dog, as a comparison to Proteus</p><p>Some well-regarded verse from the play</p><p>Different readings of the theme of love</p><p>The problematic rape and forgiveness scene</p><p>The play as a courtly romance</p><p>The play as a parody of past cultural norms</p><p>Is the text more corrupt than is generally thought?</p><p>How our understanding of male relationships at the time might affect our view of the play</p><p>The performance history of the play</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Support the podcast at:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.patreon.com/thoetp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com/thoetp</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://www.ko-fi.com/thoetp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.ko-fi.com/thoetp</a></p>","author_name":"Philip Rowe"}