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Love's Labour's Lost

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noun

  1. a comedy (1594–95?) by Shakespeare.


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The goal: to become one company, honoring Shakes’ and ACT’s respective legacies of classical and contemporary theater, operating out of ACT’s current multi-theater home at the former Eagles building in downtown Seattle at 700 Union St. Shakes’ fall 2024 production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” which kicks off its 2024-25 season, will be its final show in its longtime production home at Seattle Center’s Center Theatre.

From Seattle Times

The season began in April with a spirited take on Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”

From New York Times

Based on Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” the musical transferred to the West End, though Dyer struggled to get directing work afterward.

From New York Times

At Stratford, he made his name by treating what were then considered lesser plays — “Titus Andronicus,” “Love’s Labour’s Lost” — as though they were new works.

From Los Angeles Times

He had ceased preplanning, or “blocking,” movement onstage as a young director in 1946, when he came to the first rehearsal of “Love’s Labour’s Lost” with plans that, after a few moments with the actors, he realized were absurdly inflexible and promptly tore up.

From New York Times