SHAKESPEARE ON DISK.

     LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.

Copyright (c) 1990 Interconnection Publications Inc.

     DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

FERDINAND, KING OF NAVARRE.

PRINCESS OF FRANCE.

BEROWNE.
          Lord attending on the King.

ROSALINE.
          Lady attending on the Princess.

LONGAVILLE.
          Lord attending on the King.

MARIA.
          Lady attending on the Princess.

DUMAIN.
          Lord attending on the King.

KATHERINE.
          Lady attending on the Princess.

BOYET.
          Lord attending on the Princess.

DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO.
          A fantastical Spaniard.

COSTARD.
          A clown.

MOTH.
          Page to Armado.

HOLOFERNES.
          A schoolmaster.

SIR NATHANIEL.
          A curate.

DULL.
          A constable.

JAQUENETTA.
          A country wench.

A FORESTER.

MERCADE.
          Lord attending on the Princess.

LORDS, ATTENDANTS, etc.


     SYNOPSIS.

1/1  Navarre. A park with a palace in it.
     The KING, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN sign a pact 
of celibacy, although BEROWNE expresses reluctance.
     COSTARD enters with DULL, who has a letter from Don 
Adriano de Armado accusing COSTARD of violating the King's 
strict decrees; the KING sentences COSTARD to a fast, then 
exits with LONGAVILLE and DULL; BEROWNE escorts COSTARD out.

1/2  Navarre.
     MOTH twits DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO, who enlarges on his 
love for Jaquenetta.
     DULL enters with COSTARD and JAQUENETTA; DULL turns 
COSTARD over to ARMADO's keeping; JAQUENETTA twits ARMADO, 
then exits with DULL.
     ARMADO consigns COSTARD to MOTH, and they exit; ARMADO 
soliloquizes on the character of Love.

2/1  Navarre.
     The PRINCESS, attended by ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHERINE, 
LORDS, and others, speaks with BOYET; BOYET exits.
     The PRINCESS, MARIA, KATHERINE, and a LORD discuss the 
King and the Navarrese nobles; BOYET enters, with news of 
their approach.
     The KING, LONGAVILLE, DUMAIN, BEROWNE, and ATTENDANTS 
enter; the PRINCESS responds sharply to the KING's 
courtesies; BEROWNE and ROSALINE banter; the PRINCESS and 
the KING discuss the dispute between France and Navarre; the 
KING exits; BEROWNE and ROSALINE banter further; DUMAIN, 
LONGAVILLE, and BEROWNE learn their chosen ones' identities 
from BOYET, then exit.
     BOYET tells the PRINCESS the King is infatuated with 
her; BOYET is twitted by the women.

3/1  Navarre.
     MOTH sings a song for DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO; MOTH 
enlarges on love with a facility beyond ARMADO's ken, then 
exits to fetch Costard; ARMADO praises Moth; MOTH re-enters, 
with COSTARD; MOTH engages ARMADO in a ditty; ARMADO gives 
COSTARD a letter for Jaquenetta, then exits, followed by 
MOTH; COSTARD soliloquizes simple-mindedly.
     BEROWNE enters and, after grappling with COSTARD's slow 
wits, gives him a letter for Rosaline; COSTARD exits; 
BEROWNE soliloquizes on his love.

4/1  Navarre.
     The PRINCESS and BOYET speak, as they go to join the 
King's hunt with ROSALINE, MARIA, KATHERINE, LORDS, 
ATTENDANTS, and a FORESTER; the PRINCESS converses with the 
FORESTER, then rewards him; the PRINCESS speaks of the 
necessary cruelty of the chase; BOYET responds.
     COSTARD enters with a letter for ROSALINE, which the 
PRINCESS asks BOYET to read; remarking that it is addressed 
to Jaquenetta, BOYET reads the letter from Don Armado; the 
PRINCESS comments and tells COSTARD of his mistake, then 
exits.
     BOYET banters with ROSALINE and MARIA; ROSALINE and 
KATHERINE exit; BOYET and MARIA banter; COSTARD joins in, 
and is reprimanded by MARIA, who exits with BOYET; COSTARD 
soliloquizes on his debut in high society; he exits, drawn 
by a shout off-stage.

4/2  Navarre.
     HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL converse; 
JAQUENETTA and COSTARD enter, with a letter to be read; 
HOLOFERNES has SIR NATHANIEL read it -- a sonnet from 
Berowne to Rosaline -- then criticizes his performance; 
JAQUENETTA and COSTARD exit; HOLOFERNES invites SIR 
NATHANIEL to dine at a pupil's, and they exit.

4/3 Navarre.
     BEROWNE ruminates on his love; when the KING enters, he 
stands aside, to comment on the proceedings.     
     The KING, also love-struck, reads a poem to the 
Princess; LONGAVILLE enters; the KING steps aside; 
LONGAVILLE reads a sonnet to Maria, then steps aside as 
DUMAIN enters; DUMAIN reads an ode to Katherine.
     LONGAVILLE and the KING confront DUMAIN; BEROWNE comes 
out and calls them all hypocrites.
     BEROWNE's triumph is cut short by the arrival of 
JAQUENETTA and COSTARD, who bear the letter to Rosaline; the 
KING gives the letter to BEROWNE, who tears it up; when the 
others pick up the pieces, BEROWNE confesses he too is in 
love; JAQUENETTA and COSTARD exit, sent away.
     The nobles disparage each others' ladies, then decide to 
join forces; BEROWNE voices a lengthy apologia for breaking 
their oaths, then they depart to woo the Frenchwomen.

5/1  Navarre.
     HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, and DULL plan an 
entertainment for the King; DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO, MOTH, and 
COSTARD enter and join in.

5/2  Navarre. Before the Princess' pavilion.
     The PRINCESS, ROSALINE, KATHERINE, and MARIA discuss 
the men.
     BOYET enters, with news of the approach of the 
Navarrese, disguised; the PRINCESS has the women exchange 
identities.
     The KING, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN, dressed as 
Russians, enter, proceeded by MOTH, with a speech, and 
BLACKAMOORS playing music.
     The French confuse MOTH, who cannot finish his flowery 
speech and exits; the women coyly pair off with each others' 
lovers to listen to their sweet nothings; the Navarrese 
exit.
     The French discuss the encounter, then the women exit; 
the KING, BEROWNE, LONGAVILLE, and DUMAIN enter, no longer 
disguised; BOYET exits, sent by the KING for the Princess; 
BEROWNE demeans Boyet.
     BOYET re-enters, ushering in the PRINCESS, ROSALINE, 
KATHERINE, and MARIA; after some teasing, the men are 
abashed to learn they wooed the wrong women.
     COSTARD enters and announces the entertainment, to 
gibes from BEROWNE; BEROWNE convinces the KING to permit the 
performance; DON ADRIANO DE ARMADO enters, gives the KING a 
program, then exits; the KING and BEROWNE deride the troupe.
     COSTARD enters, and acts POMPEY, to comments by the 
nobles; SIR NATHANIEL enters, as ALEXANDER; put off by the 
nobles' gibes, SIR NATHANIEL cannot complete his speech; 
COSTARD berates him; HOLOFERNES as JUDAS MACCABAEUS and MOTH 
enter; HOLOFERNES introduces MOTH as HERCULES; MOTH retires 
and HOLOFERNES begins his say; despite a gallant effort to 
outface his audience, he too steps aside under their 
insults; ARMADO as HECTOR enters, and receives worse 
treatment. 
     COSTARD interrupts to announce that Jaquenetta is 
pregnant; ARMADO rails at COSTARD, but backs down from a 
fight, although encouraged by MOTH and the royal party.
     MONSIEUR MERCADE enters to announce the death of the 
PRINCESS' father; COSTARD, HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, MOTH, 
and ARMADO exit; the PRINCESS prepares to return home; she 
refuses the KING's suit, and sets a task for him during her 
year of mourning; the other Frenchwomen do the same for 
their lovers.
     ARMADO re-enters and asks the nobles to hear their 
finale; HOLOFERNES, SIR NATHANIEL, MOTH, COSTARD, and others 
enter and sing.