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Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to swear off the company of women for three years in order to focus on study and fasting.
The play unfolds with witty wordplay, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglements, showcasing Shakespeare’s clever dialogue and exploration of the complexities of love and courtship. Read the full play summary and a complete list of character descriptions from Love’s Labour's Lost.
A complete summary of William Shakespeare's Play, Love’s Labour’s Lost. Find out more about the four friends who vow to avoid women and what happens when women come to visit.
Love's Labour's Lost Full Book Summary. The King of Navarre and his three lords, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine, swear an oath to scholarship, which includes fasting and avoiding contact with women for three years.
LOVE'S LABOURS LOST. ACT II SCENE I. The same. Enter the PRINCESS of France, ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHARINE, BOYET, Lords, and other Attendants BOYET Now, madam, summon up your dearest spirits: Consider who the king your father sends, To whom he sends, and what's his embassy: Yourself, held precious in the world's esteem, To parley with the sole ...
Love’s Labour’s Lost, early comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written sometime between 1588 and 1597, more likely in the early 1590s, and published in a quarto edition in 1598, with a title page suggesting that an earlier quarto had been lost.