in The Two Noble Kinsmen — Fletcher, John; Shakespeare, William
Metadata
Play
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Author
Fletcher, John; Shakespeare, William
Year (catalogued)
1634
First performance
1613
Decade
1630s
Genre
Tragicomedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
King's Men
Theater
Blackfriars;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 2, | 1,
Words
705
Characters
3583
Typicality
0.38 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A00969
BritDrama no.
1724
Cluster
Cluster 23 — Gulls, fops & laughing-stocks
Important excerpts
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Full speech
I am sure To have my wife as jealous as a Turkey: But that's all one, isle go through, let her mumble. This must be done i'th woods. Yes marry are there: And S changed as you never saw; The Duke himself Will be in person there. My misgives me This fellow has a vengeance trick o'th hip, Mark how his Body's n de for't And sweetly we will do it Master Gerrold. And freekeled Nel; that never failed her Master. A fire ill take her; do's she flinch now? A mad woman? we are made Boys. And I'll be there. Clap her aboard to morrow night, and stoa her, And all's made up again. And Sennois. And Rycas, and 3. better lads never danced under green Tree, And yet know what wenches: would? But will the dainty Domine, the Schoolmaster keep touch Do you think: for he do's all you know. All the Boys in Athens blow wind i'th b changed on's, and here isle be and there isle be, for our Town, and here again, and there again: would, Boys, heigh for the uvea vers. By any means our thing of learning sees so: where he himself will the Duke most pa ously in our behalfs: he's excellent i'th woods, bring him to'th plains, his lear ning makes no cry: Where were you bred you know it not? I'll be hanged though If he dare venture, hang him plumb porridge, He wrestle? he rost eggs. Counterfeit lets be gone Lads. Draw up the Company, Where's the Taborour. And little Luce with the white legs, and bouncing . This is that scornful piece, that vy hilding That gave her promise faithfully, she would be here, Cice y the Sempsters daughter: The next gloves that I give her shall be dog skin; Nay and she fail me once, you can tell Arcas She swore by wine, and bred, she would not break. And . I, do but put a feskue in her fist, and you shall see her Take a new lesson out, and be a good wench. Do we all hold, against the Maying? Arcas will be there. He'll eat a hornebooke ere he fail: go too, the mat ter's too far driven between him, and the Tanners daugh ter, to let slip now, and she must see the Duke, and she must Dam nce too. Weel see the sports, then every man to's Tackle: and Sweet Companions lets rehearse by any means before The Ladies S e us, and do sweetly, and God knows what May come on't. To the Games my Friend. Thou wilt not go along. Why Timothy. Dispersed as you commanded. What Shall we determine Sir? Ther's a dainty mad woman Mr. comes i'th Neck as mad as a march hare: if we can get her dance, we are made again: I warrant her, shee'l do the rarest gambols. Do, do. Why then have with you Boys; 'Tis but a chi king, Let the plough play to day, isle tick'lt out Of the lades tails to morrow. Hold? what should ail us? Shall we be lusty. Oh pardon me. Content; the sports once ended, we'll perform. Away Boys and hold. Whither? why, what a question's that? Well Sir Take your own time, come Boys Here's Friz and Maudline. We may go whistle: all the fat's i'th fi e. Now when the credit of our Town lay on it, Now to be frampall, now to piss o'th nettle, Go thy ways, isle remember thee, isle fit thee, The George allow, came from the South, from The coast of Barbary a. Daughter. And there he met with brave gallants of war By one, by two, by three, a Well hailed well hailed, you jolly gallants, And whither now are you bound a Cham re and ooles ont. Oh let me have your company till come to the found a There was three fools, fell out about and howls The one said it was and owl The other he said nay, The third he sedit was a hawk, and her bells were cut away. Wrestling, and Running; 'Tis a pretty Fellow. Come Lasle, lets trip it. My Master's, isle be there that's certain.
Plot summary
Plot — The Two Noble Kinsmen
Theseus’ wedding to Hippolyta is interrupted by three widowed queens, whose husbands have fallen in battle against Thebes. Creon, the victor, has denied them the right to bury their dead, so they request Theseus’ help in forcing his hand. At Hippolyta’s request, Theseus postpones the wedding feast and leads an army against Thebes. It is a bad moment for the Theban princes Palamon and Arcite: they are on the point of leaving Creon’s corrupt court, but now feel a patriotic duty to defend their city. Theseus wins the war, Palamon and Arcite are taken prisoner, and the dead kings are buried. Palamon and Arcite are imprisoned in Athens. Their cell overlooks a garden where Emilia walks; they both fall in love with her and quarrel jealously. Arcite is released, on condition that he never returns to Athens, but he stays in disguise and performs with distinction at a. sporting festival for Emilia’s birthday. Meanwhile Palamon is moved to a cell without a garden view. The jailer’s daughter falls in love with him and, aware that they are of markedly different rank, seeks to win his regard by engineering his escape. Palamon meets Arcite in the woods the following morning; Arcite agrees to bring him food, clothing, and weapons so that they can fight out their quarrel. In consequence, Palamon fails to turn up at his appointment with the jailer’s daughter, and she is driven mad by a combination of disappointed love and fear that her father will be blamed for the escape. The fight between Palamon and Arcite is interrupted by Theseus. Though one has broken banishment and the other broken prison, Hippolyta and Emilia beg that their lives be spared, but the kinsmen will not consent to Emilia’s proposal that they should be banished from Athens and_.swear never again to see either her or one another. Theseus proposes to execute only one of them if Emilia will agree to marry the other, but she cannot decide between them. Theseus resolves on a trial by combat, with each kinsman supported by three knights: the winner will get Emilia, and the loser will die. Palamon exonerates the jailer concerning his escape and gives his daughter a dowry. A doctor treats her by dressing her fiancé as Palamon and encouraging him to play up to her, even if it entails pre-marital sex. It does, and she is cured. The kinsmen return to Athens with their knights to participate in the combat. Arcite prays for victory to Mars and Palamon to Venus; both receive signs of their respective deities’…