Love's Labour Lost

Ferdinand, King of Navarre, and his friends, Berowne of Biron, Longaville, and Dumain, take an oath to eschew themselves to study for three years. But when the charming princess of France arrives with her three ladies the four gentlemen fall in love with the four ladies. Spying on each other the “academics” discover each other’s perfidy and in good spirit decide that love is a lawful part of all study. Learning that the king of France has died, the ladies are obliged to leave, but not before assigning various penances to their suitors and promising to return in one year.

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production company

BBC-TV

Duration

02:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324099

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 - Film and video adaptations

Music & Performing Arts → Theater

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1979

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