Love's Labour's Lost

Love'sLabour'sLost,thefirstworktobearShakespeare'snameonitstitlepage,differsgreatlyfromhisotherearlyplaysbothforitshighlyunorthodoxendinganditsextraordinaryuseoflanguage.Thisneweditionpresentsahighlyreadable,modernisedtextoftheplay,freshlyeditedfromthefirstquartopublishedin1598.AthoroughbutconcisescholarlyandcriticalcommentaryprovidesexcitingnewperspectivesonLove'sLabour'sLost,andacomprehensiveintroductiondiscussesthesignificantelementsoftheplayanditsplaceintheatricalhistory.Newcriticaltrendsarereflectedinthespecialattentionpaidtotheplay'sperformancehistorysince1950,includingfilmsandadaptations,withillustrationsofseveralproductions.Engagingandilluminating,thiswillbeaninvaluableguideforseasonedscholarsaswellasstudentsapproachingtheplayforthefirsttime.