From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of
Shakespeare's dazzling comedy. With an expert introduction by Sir
Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview of
Love's Labour's Lost in performance, takes a detailed look at specific
productions, and recommends film versions. Included in this edition are
interviews with three leading directors - Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and
Gregory Doran - providing an illuminating insight into the extraordinary
variety of interpretations that are possible. This edition also includes
an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, and enables
the reader to understand the play as it was originally intended - as
living theatre to be enjoyed and performed.
Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, the RSC
Shakespeare editions offer a fresh, accessible and contemporary approach
to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first
century.