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PTS 05/031: I Don’t Know Whether To Laugh or Cry …

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‘Good comedy is tragedy narrowly averted’ Jonathan Bate

The Two Gentlemen of Verona:  Act V

Over the past year I’ve used the question ‘What’s in a name?’ more than once, dismissing labelling in its many forms, but this feels the best way of articulating my unease with The Two Gentlemen as I finish the play …

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Unknown's avatarAuthor Boar's Head, EastcheapPosted on August 20, 2017August 19, 2017Categories Arden Editions, Comedy, Measure For Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, Ponytail Shakespeare, Problem play, Senecan Tragedy, Teaching Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Titus Andronicus, Tragedy, Twelfth Night, William ShakespeareTags Gayle Rubin, Jonathan Bate, Stoicism6 Comments on PTS 05/031: I Don’t Know Whether To Laugh or Cry …

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