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Alfred Hickling recently reminisced in the Guardian about the Tom Stoppard screenplay for Shakespeare in Love (and/or the Lee Hall adaptation for the stage), where the fledgling Will receives some poignant guidance from the world-wearier Henslowe: ‘Comedy.  That’s what they want.  Love and a bit with a dog.’  And sure enough, as night follows day, in The Two Gentlemen of Verona that is what you get, as it is written on the side of the tin.  This is one of Shakespeare’s initial plays; some say it is the earliest.  It is a dabbling tale of friendship, love, duplicity and friendship