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Love's Labor's Lost

20 Shakespeare quotes about love
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20 Shakespeare quotes about love

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Ben Lauer
The word “love” appears 2,146 times in Shakespeare’s collected works (including a handful of “loves” and “loved”). Add to that 59 instances of “beloved” and 133 uses of “loving” and you’ve got yourself a “whole lotta love.” So, what does Shakespeare have to say about love? Here are 20 quotations from the Bard about love.
ENCORES: ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ produced by Folger Theatre (2019)
Folger ENCORES, red theater seats fading into darkness
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ENCORES: ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ produced by Folger Theatre (2019)

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Folger Theatre
Folger Public Programs is pleased to present ENCORES, a weekly online series highlighting past performances and recalling the rich history of programming on the historic Folger stage. See a clip of ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ from Folger Theatre’s 2019 production.
Love's Labor's Lost and screwball comedy
Love's Labor's Lost
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Love's Labor's Lost and screwball comedy

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Caitlin Peartree
The witty, fast-paced dialogue at the heart of the battle of the sexes in Love's Labor's Lost is straight out of a golden-age screwball comedy film.
Dramaturg's Notes: Love's Labor's Lost
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Dramaturg's Notes: Love's Labor's Lost

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Michele Osherow
Folger Resident Dramaturg and UMBC Associate Professor of English Michele Osherow takes us inside Folger Theatre's unique production to explore why Shakespeare's romantic comedy is so perfectly suited to DC in the 1930s.
Love's Labor's Lost: The end of study
Love's Labor's Lost
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Love's Labor's Lost: The end of study

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Austin Tichenor
"What’s especially delightful about Love’s Labor’s Lost is that it’s a comedy about melancholy, a satire on youthful arrogance, intellectual pretension, and romantic naiveté," writes Austin Tichenor.
A Year to Remember: 1932 in Music
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A Year to Remember: 1932 in Music

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emma poltrack
Folger Theatre's 'Love's Labor's Lost' is set in roughly 1932—the year the Folger Shakespeare Library opened its doors to the public—and celebrates the Folger's exquisite architecture, as well as the era's glamorous post-flapper fashion. In its honor, we present a playlist of songs from or related to that auspicious year.
Influences for Love's Labor's Lost: Contemporary texts and historical figures
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Influences for Love's Labor's Lost: Contemporary texts and historical figures

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emma poltrack

Love’s Labor’s Lost is one of three Shakespeare plays without a primary source (the others being A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest), but that doesn’t mean it was created in a vacuum. Using four items from the Folger collection,…

Behind the Camera at the 'Love's Labor's Lost' Photoshoot
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Behind the Camera at the 'Love's Labor's Lost' Photoshoot

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Folger Theatre
Leonor Fernandez guides you through our pre-production photo shoot to explore how photographer Brittany Diliberto worked with actors Matt Dallal, Zachary Fine, Yesenia Iglesias, Amelia Pedlow, Kelsey Rainwater, and Joshua David Robinson to capture Shakespeare's sprightly romantic comedy in a single image.
Small Latin and Less Greek: A Look at the Inkhorn Controversy
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Small Latin and Less Greek: A Look at the Inkhorn Controversy

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Sara Schliep
The Inkhorn Controversy in the 15th and 16th centuries focused on the use of long, Latinate words as opposed to shorter, Saxon-rooted English counterparts.
From jazzercise to Rococo garden: Four different takes on Love's Labor's Lost
The cast of William Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost, directed by Kathleen Marshall, running August 14 - September 18, 2016 at The Old Globe. Photo by Jim Cox.
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From jazzercise to Rococo garden: Four different takes on Love's Labor's Lost

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Esther French

In Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost, four friends forswear women so that they can focus on their studies. But, of course, as soon as they do, four lovely ladies enter their lives. Oh, what to do? Romance and comedy ensue. Four of our…

Life of an icon: Shakespeare as playwright and poet
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Life of an icon: Shakespeare as playwright and poet

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Esther French

Fifty of the most important manuscripts and printed works related to Shakespeare’s life and career are on display in the Folger exhibition Shakespeare, Life of an Icon, curated by Heather Wolfe. Some of these documents mark important milestones for Shakespeare…