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Shakespeare plays PROTEUS, a young lord


Illustration: Shakespeare plays Proteus dressed in Elizabethan style; he accompanies himself on a lute as he sings.

Proteus serenades Sylvia, the object of his affections, from below her window.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 4 Scene 2

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At the Globe, June 2nd 1607

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