Play of the Month
Love's Labour's Lost
14 December 1975, BBC
Role: Berowne
The first production made specifically for television was broadcast in the BBC's Play of the Monthslot. It was shot entirely on location in the gardens of Glyndebourne in Sussex, and starred Martin Shaw (Ferdinand), Jeremy Brett (Berowne), Maurice Denham (Armado), Sinéad Cusack(Rosaline) and Jonathan Cecil (Holofernes). -- BFI Love's Labour's Lost On Screen
It's a different version, but the play is also available on audio cassette, featuring Jeremy: Formal and scholarly, rich in wordplay and poetic invention, Love's Labour's Lost is perhaps the most demanding of Shakespeare's comedies, but on this recording Sir Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Brett and Geraldine McEwan lead a distinguished cast in a lively performance. -- The Talking Bookshop. Also available from AbeBooks.