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Biron. Of the three friends of the King who joins him in his determination to create an academic utopia, Biron is quite clearly the most quick-witted and entertaining character.
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.
Overview. Love’s Labour's Lost is a play by William Shakespeare that was likely written in the mid-1590s and was first published in 1598. The play follows the King of Navarre and three of his lords as they swear off women for three years of study, only to have their plans disrupted by the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies.
Character List. Love's Labour's Lost. William Shakespeare. Home. Literature Notes. Love's Labour's Lost. Character List. Ferdinand, King of Navarre The King of Navarre wishes to turn his court into "a little Academe," to which end he elicits a vow from his closest followers to remain with him for three years as celibate scholars.
Love's Labour's Lost Characters | Shmoop. Back. More. Meet the Cast. King of Navarre. Alpha DogSince the young King is so keen on his no-girls-allowed secret society ("the Academe"), let's analyze him in terms of a boy's club. The King is the Alpha. He's a natural leader; the other... Princess of France. Yas, Queen!Okay, she's still a Princess.
