Love's Labour's Lost

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Derek Godfrey, Prunella Scales, Diana Rigg

Complete and unabridged version of Shakespeare's comedy performed by a full cast including Derek Godfrey, Prunella Scales, and Diana Rigg.

©2013 Saland Publishing (P)2013 Saland Publishing

Love's Labour's was Labor

What did you like best about Love's Labour's Lost? What did you like least?

Shakespeare of course. The recording is shrill and hard to discern at times. It needs some audio re-engineering.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Love's Labour's Lost?

The lords catching each other in their failures...quite funny. I need more Shakespeare in my life.

Would you be willing to try another one of the narrators’s performances?

I do not know.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

yes

Any additional comments?

I do not think I will listen to this recording again as it was so difficult to listen to.

Well done

This is well rendered: easy to follow and expressive- Wish there was a cast list or some production notes

Narration is Good; Play is Lacking

This is one of my least favorite Shakespeare plays, so far. The wit is lost on me. The drama is inane. The plot is humorous, a good idea, but a poor rendition. Four men swear off women, feasting, and a full nights' sleeping ( to sleep only three hours per night) to study in academia and make the town of Navarre famous for its learned men. But the men's vows are soon broken, and they all four fall in love but try to hide it from each other. They make fools of themselves to the women. Their high blown, flowery language fails to win the hearts of their ladies, and they learn to moderate their pompous language and ridiculous ideas. Maybe the play is better viewed in the theater because reading it is a snore. It sounds like good fun, but falls short. I'm going to view Kenneth Branaugh's well-received version of the play before I write it off entirely. Some say Shakespeare was in love with his Dark Lady when he wrote this play. Perhaps his feverish infatuation addled his wits a little?