Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare (1594-5)
The Anything Goes company turn their attention to Shakespeare's youthful comedy, Love's Labour's Lost, another work of wit, sophistication and romance but in a very different style.
The young King of Navarre and his three friends make a vow to deny themselves the company of women for three years in order to devote themselves to study. But when the young Princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission, accompanied by a delectable entourage, their vow is soon severely tested. Secret courtships develop as love fills the air, until harsh news from the outside world overshadows their happiness and brings the idyll to an abrupt close.
Abounding with music, wit and word games, this early masterpiece has not been performed before by the National Theatre on the South Bank.
Love's Labour's Lost finished on: 18 March 2003
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