The cast of Love's Labour's Lost
The people who make Love's Labour's Lost move — what they want, who they love, who they hate, and how each one fits the story. Tap any name to read more.
Biron
Lord of Navarre; witty critic of the academy; defender of love as the truest study
Ferdinand, King of Navarre
Young king whose grand academic plan collapses when love arrives · Young, early twenties
Don Adriano de Armado
A fantastical Spanish braggart; affected, verbose, and absurdly self-important
Princess of France
Diplomatic envoy and moral arbiter; the play's voice of clarity and judgment · Young noblewoman
Costard
A rustic clown; honest, direct, and unburdened by pretense or learning
Boyet
Courtly messenger and wit; the Princess's attendant and strategist
Moth
Armado's witty page; a clever boy who deflates his master's pretensions through sharp wordplay · Young boy, likely pre-teen
Rosaline
A lady of France; witty, sharp-tongued arbiter of truth and penance
Holofernes
Pedantic schoolmaster and organizer of the Nine Worthies pageant
Dumain
Young lord of Navarre; suitor to Katharine
Longaville
One of the King's three lords; a witty courtier caught between ambition and desire
Katharine
A lady of the French court; witty, sharp-tongued, and morally grounded
Maria
Lady attendant to the Princess of France; witty and perceptive observer of courtship and folly
Sir Nathaniel
A parish curate and learned man; pedantic, well-intentioned, easily wounded
Dull
Constable and comic relief; a well-meaning but dim-witted officer of the law
Jaquenetta
Country dairymaid, caught between the courtly world and rural simplicity
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