The Two Gentlemen of Verona

by William Shakespeare from c. 1589–93

About

Childhood friends Valentine and Proteus travel to Milan together, where Valentine falls for Silvia and Proteus betrays his own sweetheart Julia to pursue her too. Julia follows Proteus in disguise, Valentine is banished by bandits, and the story ends in a chaotic series of reconciliations and forgiveness.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Characters: 18
Words: 15.9k
Acts: 5
Duration: ~1 hr 59 min

Characters

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1

PROTEUS

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156

2

VALENTINE

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151

3

SPEED

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117

4

JULIA

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111

5

LANCE

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74

6

SYLVIA

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59

7

DUKE

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51

8

LUCETTA

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48

20 sections

15.9k words

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Act 1

1

Act 1 Scene 1

1.1k8:20

2

Act 1 Scene 2

9266:57

3

Act 1 Scene 3

6775:05

Act 2

4

Act 2 Scene 1

1.2k9:17

5

Act 2 Scene 2

1571:11

6

Act 2 Scene 3

5364:01

7

Act 2 Scene 4

1.6k11:39

8

Act 2 Scene 5

3762:49

9

Act 2 Scene 6

3252:26

10

Act 2 Scene 7

7065:18

Act 3

11

Act 3 Scene 1

2.6k19:35

12

Act 3 Scene 2

7085:19

Act 4

13

Act 4 Scene 1

5414:03

14

Act 4 Scene 2

9046:47

15

Act 4 Scene 3

3442:35

16

Act 4 Scene 4

1.3k9:51

Act 5

17

Act 5 Scene 1

870:39

18

Act 5 Scene 2

4053:02

19

Act 5 Scene 3

1070:48

20

Act 5 Scene 4

1.3k9:39

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