Comedies • c. 1591
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Modern English Translation & Study Guide
Best friends Valentine and Proteus find their loyalty tested when both fall for the lovely Silvia.
Read The Two Gentlemen of Verona Side by Side
Every scene pairs the public-domain original with a line-matched, original modern-English paraphrase. Choose a scene below to begin reading.
- Act 1, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Verona. An open place.
- Act 1, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The same. Garden of JULIA's house.
- Act 1, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The same. ANTONIO's house.
- Act 2, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Milan. The DUKE's palace.
- Act 2, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Verona. JULIA'S house.
- Act 2, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The same. A street.
- Act 2, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. Milan. The DUKE's palace.
- Act 3, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Milan. The DUKE's palace.
- Act 3, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The same. The DUKE's palace.
- Act 4, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. The frontiers of Mantua. A forest.
- Act 4, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. Milan. Outside the DUKE's palace, under SILVIA's chamber.
- Act 4, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The same.
- Act 4, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. The same.
- Act 5, Scene 1 line-by-line translation — SCENE I. Milan. An abbey.
- Act 5, Scene 2 line-by-line translation — SCENE II. The same. The DUKE's palace.
- Act 5, Scene 3 line-by-line translation — SCENE III. The frontiers of Mantua. The forest.
- Act 5, Scene 4 line-by-line translation — SCENE IV. Another part of the forest.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona study pathways
Original text source: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, MIT HTML edition. MIT states that its HTML versions of the plays are placed in the public domain.