Called one of the 101 greatest plays of all time and "the first full flowering of [Shakespeare's] genius" by The Guardian critic Michael Billington, Love's Labor's Lost highlights the playwright's witty wordplay in a joyful celebration of love. Maraden sets the production in the decadent courts of the eighteenth century and the Age of Reason. Featuring a stellar comedic cast, Love's Labor's Lost is presented at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, now through March 26, 2017.

Rosaline (
Laura Rook) finds a match in the witty Berowne (
Nate Burger), as the court looks onâ€"Longaville (
Madison Niederhauser), Dumaine (
Julian Hester), the King of Navarre (
John Tufts) and the Princess of France (
Jennie Greenberry)â€"in
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Marti Maraden, February 7â€"March 26, 2017. Photo by
Liz Lauren.

The king’s plan is put to the test by the arrival of the winsome Princess of France (
Jennie Greenberry) and her gentlewomen (at back, Jennifer Latimore)â€"and the ensuing hysterical misadventures in
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Marti Maraden, February 7â€"March 26, 2017. Photo by
Liz Lauren.

The gentlemen of Navarreâ€"Longaville (
Madison Niederhauser), Berowne (
Nate Burger), the King (
John Tufts) and Dumaine (
Julian Hester)â€"hatch a scheme in
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Marti Maraden, February 7â€"March 26, 2017. Photo by
Liz Lauren.

The long-winded Don Armado (
Allen Gilmore) regales his young page Moth (
Aaron Lamm) with tales of love and honor in
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Marti Maraden, February 7â€"March 26, 2017. Photo by
Liz Lauren.

The Princess (
Jennie Greenberry, at right) and Rosaline (
Laura Rook) gleefully read through a love letter mistakenly delivered into the wrong hands, as Katherine (
Taylor Blim) and Maria (Jennifer Latimore) look on in
Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Love’s Labor’s Lost, directed by Marti Maraden, February 7â€"March 26, 2017. Photo by
Liz Lauren.