The Two Gentlemen Of Verona Moral

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Morality in The Two Gentleman of Verona

Two Gentlemen of Verona, directed by Mr. Wolfe, depicted an excellent plot through strong acting and characterization. In addition it possessed humor that perfectly affixed into the era of the sixties. The play was transformed from it's original time era and placed in the sixties. The main plot outline surrounds two gentleman from Verona who were best friends. These two best friends named Valentine and Proteus were played by
Geoffrey Kidwell, and Noah Silverman. The story really begins when Valentine leaves
Verona. He is then banished from the next city he enters, Milan. During his time spent in
Milan Valentine falls in love with a young women, Sylvia, played by Katie Moran.
However he is …show more content…

When she came on stage she caught your eye. Her dress didn't really have a time and setting effect but, it was very important. It made her a very important character and a wanted character by everyone in the play. This, is the reason that Valentine and Proteus fell in love with her. The Director's concept of this costume was to make this character very significant and it was efficiently achieved by giving her a bright costume. The next costume was that of Thomas Odell, who played Launce, a servant of Proteus. His costume was like Sylvia's. It had bright colors but they were peculiar. His costume consisted of purple, orange and yellow colors.
He wore unique shirts and a Hawaiian looking shirt. He also wore a straw hat and his nose was covered with zinc. This costume was almost portraying him as a tourist. I don't know if that was the Mr. Wolfe was trying to get across or if he was showing us that this character was a uncanny and unusual character that didn't really know were he was going.
In addition to his costume he had a dog. The dog symbolized confusion and chaos by creating more cluster because he kept on getting tangled in the leash while trying to …show more content…

The towels were green, yellow and purple along with matching bathing suits. Everything was awkward, similar to the sixties. This setting took up the whole stage. The beach was mostly used during the daytime and you could tell by the sun would be up and everything would be bright. When the beach was used there were many funny parts. Although, there were some serious talks on the beach and you could tell because the lights would dim and it would seem as though it was night time. The next setting is at the Palace Studios in Milan. The studio's busy clustering took up the whole stage. There were many colors along with actions occurring at all times. Although there were no real backdrop you could tell the setting was a studio by the people and their actions. In addition there was a producer looking off stage directing a play. Everything was extremely busy and you could tell it was the happening place to be. This setting was definitely used during the day but then again it was inside so you could not exactly tell what time of day it was. Mr. Wolfe's concept of the studio was very life-like and you could certainly tell it was a studio. It was exceptionally well planned

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