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One Feast, One House, One Mutual Happiness [Shakespeare For You]

🎭That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; 
One feast, one house, one mutual happiness.

—Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 5-4

[ACTING TIPS]

This is the closing line of the entire play.

What a happy celebrating phrase. We can use it on any wedding day!

The meaning of “that” in “That done” is “Proteus should hear the story of Julia on the way home (Milan).

The gentlemen of Verona and Duke of Milan are happy.

For Turio, we may pot his shoulders and say “be a better man”.

But what about the girls?

I learned in the 90s, that Shakespeare’s later comedies didn’t feel comedies, for one or two main characters didn’t get their happy ending, and we called them as “Problem comedies”.

Well, this play has problems!!

Two ladies witnessed with their own eyes that their boyfriends barter their girlfriends like their property!

And this is one of his very first plays.  I am going to do “The Taming of th Shrew” next.  It is a problem comedy, too.

Male audience might have not seen these female characters’ “not truly happy ending” as a problem.  But in this age of 21st century, we know girls also think, feel, and frustrated and have rights to question the male-oriented social system.

Wow, that’s it!

The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

I hope you enjoyed each short beautiful, funny, deep words.

I enjoyed making the series sooooo much!

Thank you for your encouragement!

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