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September 02, 2010
The Works: Legal London. Literary Law Students. Love. Labor.
A few days early this year, we send you the complete text of a circa-1595 comedy by Shakespeare, here, on one page, to read after the weenie roast this weekend at Uncle Bob's. You could read it aloud--or even better act it out.
First performed before Queen Elizabeth at her Court in 1597 (as "Loues Labors Loſt"), it was likely written for performance before culturally-literate law students and barristers-in-training--who would appreciate its sophistication and wit--at the Inns of Court in still-over-percolating Legal London. And, most certainly, it was performed at Gray's Inn, where Elizabeth was the "patron".
Interestingly, the play begins with a vow by several men to forswear pleasures of the flesh and the company of fast women during a three-year period of study and reflection. And to "train our intellects to vain delight".
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at September 2, 2010 05:32 PM