Love's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's sparkling early comedy of a king and his lords who forswear love for study, only to be undone by the arrival of a princess and her ladies. A dazzling play of wit, wordplay, and folly.

At a glance Among Shakespeare's comedies, this early play glitters most brightly with sheer verbal… What it's about The King of Navarre and three of his lords solemnly vow to devote… Their resolve is instantly tested when the Princess of France arrives on an embassy… What follows is a merry campaign of courtship, disguise, mockery, and self-deception, as…

The King of Navarre and three of his lords solemnly vow to devote themselves to study for three years, renouncing the company of women.