On April 10, the Teatro de la Comedia (calle Principe, 14) will premiere William Shakespeare’s play Los dos hidalgos de Verona (The Two Knights of Verona), which will be on show until June 1.
This production by the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico, LAZONA and Cheek by Jowl, in collaboration with the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Teatro Palacio Valdés and Magalia Castillo Palacio, is quite likely to be Shakespeare’s first play. Although early, it is the seed of those who will later become its great subjects. For example, young lovers confused by love who run away from the city and get lost in the forest, where they finally find themselves; or the woman who disguises herself as a man to follow her beloved, who then does not recognize her; This example connects with Shakespeare’s transgressive idea that to be fully human, we must interpret ourselves.
This leads to another of his fundamental questions, that love is not about harboring a great feeling for someone, but about paying attention to the other person. According to Shakespeare, in order to truly love someone, we must first be able to see them. We must be able to see each other as a single being with all its imperfections. And that is very difficult to achieve.
In the play there are different types of love: the love between the two protagonists, the love that each of them feels for the women they fall in love with, the love between parents and children… ¡ Even love between people and their pets! And in all cases, including friendship, love should not be limited to feeling a warm feeling. Recreating the intensity of our feelings is very dangerous, it’s best to pay attention and care for the people we love. But in order to see the other, we first have to be able to see ourselves. Something that is not as easy as these characters think. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
