* LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST.] I have not hitherto discovered any novel on which this comedy appears to have been founded; and yet the story of it has most of the features of an ancient romance. STEEVENS. I suspect that there is an error in the title of this play, which I believe, should be-" Love's Labours Lost." M. MASON. Love's Labour's Lost, I conjecture to have been written in 1594. See An Attempt to ascertain the Order of Shakspeare's Plays, Vol. II. MALONE. PERSONS REPRESENTED.* Ferdinand, King of Navarre. Biron, Longaville, Lords, attending on the King. Dumain, Boyet, Mercade, Lords, attending on the Princess of Don Adriano de Armado, a fantastical Spaniard. Sir Nathaniel, a Curate. Holofernes, a Schoolmaster. Dull, a Constable. Costard, a Clown. Moth, Page to Armado. * This enumeration of the persons was made by Mr. Rowe. JOHNSON. |
