Levitt Live presents one of the Bard’s most intricate comedies. Remember, “Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues.”
The play opens with the King of Navarre and three noble companions, Berowne, Dumaine, and Longaville, taking an oath to devote themselves to three years of study, promising not to give in to the company of women - Berowne somewhat more hesitantly than the others. Berowne reminds the king that the princess and her three ladies are coming to the kingdom and it was suicidal for the King to agree to this law. The King denies what Berowne says, insisting that the ladies make their camp in the field outside of his court. The King and his men comically fall in love with the princess and her ladies.
The main story is assisted by many other funny sub-plots. A rather heavy-accented Spanish swordsman, Don Adriano de Armado, tries and fails to woo a country wench, Jaquenetta, helped by Moth, his page, and rivaled by Costard, a country idiot. We are also introduced to two scholars: Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel, we have seen them converse with each other in schoolboy Latin. In the final act, the comic characters perform a play to entertain the nobles, an idea conceived by Holofernes, where they represent the Nine Worthies. The four Lords - as well as the Ladies' manservant Boyet - mock the play, and Armado and Costard almost come to blows.
Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare In The Park — "Love's Labour's Lost"
Wednesday, June 04, 20087:30PM - 10:00PM
- Contact Information
- Harrisburg Parks and Recreation
- (717) 255-3020
- Performer
- Location Information
- Levitt Pavilion 100 Concert Dr. Harrisburg PA 17103 (717) 233-7403
- Tickets
- Free
- Directions
- Parking
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