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Love's Labour's Lost

Gemma Arterton's Rosaline sets a challenge to Berowne, played by David Dawson.

Gemma Arterton's Rosaline sets a challenge to Berowne, played by David Dawson in this short film filmed in Navarre, Spain, for Shakespeare's Globe's The Complete Walk.

The court of Navarre: the King and his three Lords vow to stay away from wine, women and luxury; but when the Princess of France arrives with her Ladies, they begin to change their minds. As each gives in to his affections and breaks his oath, they all try – unsuccessfully – to keep their love secret from each other.

First seen as part of Shakespeare's Globe's The Complete Walk over one magical weekend alongside London's Thames in April 2016 in this anniversary year, 400 years since the death of The Bard. Some 37 specially-made 10 minute films were screened along the iconic 2.5 mile stretch between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge.

Each film explores one of The Bard's plays and includes scenes shot in the locations Shakespeare imagined when he wrote them. Picture Cleopatra in front of the Pyramids, Shylock in Venice’s former Jewish Ghetto, Hamlet on the rocks of Elsinore. Featuring a host of the world’s greatest actors, The Complete Walk celebrates Shakespeare’s life, work and legacy, exactly 400 years on from his death.

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12 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Rosaline Gemma Arterton
Berowne David Dawson
Series Editor Dominic Dromgoole

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Raising the curtain on performances of The Bard’s plays countrywide.