Description: Brand New and Sealed When the King of Navarre and his three courtiers forswear all pleasure - particularly of the female variety — in favour of a life of study, the arrival of the Princess of France and her ladies plays havoc with their intentions. Using every kind of verbal gymnastics to poke fun, Shakespeare’s most intellectual comedy is brought to hilarious life in Dominic Dromgoole’s highly entertaining production, rich in visual humour and sexual innuendo. Jonathan Fensom’s knot garden and original music by Claire van Kampen create the framework for an engaging performance by an excellent cast. Filmed live in High Definition and true surround sound. Spoken in Shakespeare’s English with English subtitles 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. Their subsequent infatuation with the Princess of France and her ladies makes them forsworn. In an untraditional ending for a comedy, the play closes with the death of the Princess's father, and all weddings are delayed for a year. The play draws on themes of masculine love and desire, reckoning and rationalisation, and reality versus fantasy. ...
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Location: Richland, Washington
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Type: Movie
Release Year: 2010
Language: English
Producer: James Whitbourn
Movie/TV Title: Loves Labours Lost
Director: Dominic Dromgoole, Ian Russell
Region Code: DVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)
Format: DVD
Genre: Classical Artists
Studio: Bbc / Opus Arte
Sub-Genre: Classical Video
