Love's Labour's Lost (Play on Shakespeare) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0866988238 ISBN 13: 9780866988230

Publisher: ACMRS Press, 2024

Synopsis

Shakespeare’s early comedy reimagined for modern audiences.

Love’s Labour’s Lost is a wacky comedy of disguise and mischief, following the King of Navarre and his companions as they attempt to swear off the company of women. Focusing on bringing new life into the musicality of Shakespeare’s language, Josh Wilder’s translation of Love’s Labour’s Lost brings out the play’s romp and sass for a contemporary audience.

This translation of Love’s Labour’s Lost was written as part of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! project, which commissioned new translations of thirty-nine Shakespeare plays. These translations present the work of “The Bard” in language accessible to modern audiences while never losing the beauty of Shakespeare’s verse. Enlisting the talents of a diverse group of contemporary playwrights, screenwriters, and dramaturges from diverse backgrounds, this project reenvisions Shakespeare for the twenty-first century. These volumes make these works available for the first time in print—a new First Folio for a new era.

About this title

About the Author

Josh Wilder is a playwright and producer from Philadelphia. His work has been developed, commissioned, and produced at various regional theaters and festivals across the country. Wilder is a former Jerome Fellow and the first national recipient of the Jerome Many Voices Fellowship at The Playwrights’ Center.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACMRS Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0866988238
• ISBN 13: 9780866988230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141