joel fishbane

shakespeare unbard

a 38 episode podcast in which joel fishbane explores each of Shakespeare's plays, offering tidbits, trivia, and revisionist interpretations of all those plays they made you read in school. 

Shakespeare Unbard Episode 08. No plot, no villains, no happy ending? No problem. It's Love's Labours Lost.

Love's Labour's Lost is a play with no plot, no villains, and no happy ending - and yet the play has such a charming premise that Joel Fishbane is enchanted everytime the play crosses his path. Also: a one minute summary and both the 2000 film and 2013 musical are discussed.

In this episode, you'll hear quotes and clips from:

Branagh, Kenneth, dir. Love's Labours Lost. Buena Vista Pictures, 2000.

Friedman, Michael (music and lyrics) and Alex Timbers (book). Love's Labours Lost. Ghostlight Records, 2014.

O'Hare, Jake and Jennifer Sturley, dir. Love's Labours Lost. Independent, 2016.

Shakespeare, William. "Loves Labours Lost"  Arkangel Shakespeare.

Shakespeare, William. Love's Labours Lost.  (The Riverside Shakespeare) Houghton and Mifflin, 1974.

 

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