In Shakespeare's 'Two Gentlemen Of Verona', which character hasa servant called 'Speed'?
Characters in Romeo and Juliet he is given a direct connection to his brother. Although he has a very small role in Shakespeare's play, earlier versions of the story gave him no role or mention at all. In fact, they gave even Mercutio a very minor role. Shakespeare was the first English dramatist to use the name "Valentine" on stage, in his earlier plays, "Titus Andronicus" and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". In "Titus", Valentine plays a minor role, but in "Two Gentlemen", he is one of the title characters. Incidentally, the Valentine of "Two Gentlemen" borrows heavily from Arthur Brooke's Romeus in "The Tragical
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Juliet". Obviously Shakespeare's source for "Romeo and Juliet", it features a character called Friar Laurence, as does "Two Gentlemen", and a scene where a young man attempts to outwit his lover's father by means of a corded ladder (as Valentine does in "Two Gentlemen"). Philip Sidney's "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia" may also have influenced Shakespeare insofar as it contains a character who follows her betrothed, dressed as his page, and later on, one of the main characters becomes captain of a group of Helots. The exact date of composition of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is unknown, but it