This new edition of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost presents a highly readable text of the play based on the first quarto of 1598. A thorough but concise critical commentary and a comprehensive introduction illuminate the significant elements of the play, its remarkable use of language, and its performance history.
William Shakespeare is the world's greatest ever playwright. Born in 1564, he split his time between Stratford-upon-Avon and London, where he worked as a playwright, poet and actor. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two, leaving three childrenâSusanna, Hamnet and Judith. The rest is silence.
Ian Richardson is a distinguished stage, film and television actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His film credits include M. Butterfly, Dark City, and most recently, From Hell.