Love's labour's lost

Resource Information

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Label

Love's labour's lost

Statement of responsibility

by William Shakespeare ; a BBC Television production in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Shaun Sutton ; directed by Elijah Moshinsky

Title variation

Love's labor's lost

Contributor

• Blake, Christopher, 1949 August 23-2004
• Burridge, Geoffrey
• Gwilym, Mike
• Jesson, Paul
• Kane, John, 1945 October 27-
• Kent, Jonathan
• Lipman, Maureen
• Moshinsky, Elijah
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Sutton, Shaun
• Warner, David
• Williams, Frank, 1931-
• Ambrose Video Publishing
• British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
• Time-Life Television

Subject

• Television plays
• Courts and courtiers -- Drama
• English drama (Comedy) -- Film and video adaptations
• Historical drama, English -- Film and video adaptations
• Navarre (Kingdom) -- Drama
• Princesses -- Drama
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations
• Televised performances
• Television adaptations

Genre

• Televised performances
• Television adaptations
• Television plays
• Drama
• Film adaptations
• Film and video adaptations

Language

eng

Summary

A satire directed against intellectual pride and pedantry. The King of Navarre and three of his lords vow to spend three years in study and not to see any women. But when the Princess of France arrives with her three ladies, the men break their vow and fall in love with them

Member of

• Shakespeare plays (Television program)
• BBC TV Shakespeare (London, England)
• Works
• Works

Cataloging source

IAD

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Camera supervisor, Garth Tucker ; music composed by Stephen Oliver ; videotape editor, Stan Pow

Date time place

Taped June 30-July 6, 1984 at the BBC Television studios in London

PerformerNote

Jonathan Kent (Ferdinand, King of Navarre), Christopher Blake (Longaville), Geoffrey Burridge (Dumain), Mike Gwilym (Berowne), David Warner (Don Armado), John Kane (Moth), Paul Jesson (Costard), Frank Williams (Dull), Paddy Navin (Jaquenetta), Clifford Rose (Boyet), Maureen Lipman (The Princess of France), Katy Behean (Maria), Petra Markham (Katharine), Jenny Agutter (Rosaline), Jay Ruparelia (Adrian), John Burgess (Sir Nathaniel), John Wells (Holofernes), Valentine Dyall (Marcade), Linda Kitchen (Spring), Susanna Ross (Winter)

Runtime

120

Series statement

• Complete dramatic works of William Shakespeare. Comedy
• BBC Shakespeare plays

Technique

live action