Globe to Globe: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare's Globe
The concept sounds like something dreamed up towards the bottom of a bottle in a Harare shebeen: Two Gentlemen of Verona performed by two gentlemen in Shona. If any of the plays can withstand the stripped-down treatment, it's the likeable but formulaic early prose comedy featuring a couple of chums who compete for the same girl. In this version, two actors undertook to perform all the roles with only a few bits of cl…