Love's Labour's Lost

Title page of the first quarto, 1598

Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy play by William Shakespeare which was written between 1588 and 1597.

The play contains a lot of wordplay and many characters are based off real kings and noblemen from around those years. This makes the play harder to understand for modern audiences, which is why it is less famous than most of Shakespeare's plays.[1][2] However, it has been performed more often since the 20th century.

  1. Woudhuysen, H.R. (2001). "Love's Labour's Lost". In Proudfoot, Richard; et al. (eds.). The Arden Shakespeare complete works (2 ed.). London: Thomson. p. 743. ISBN 978-1-903436-61-5.
  2. Halliwell-Phillipps, J.O. (1879). "Memoranda on Love's Labour's Lost". Printed by J.E. Adlard. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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