This new audio release features the music and speeches from the 2014 Royal Shakespeare Company productions Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labours Won, directed by Christopher Luscombe. Music by Nigel Hess is featured, as well as music by Raymond Leppard from the 1956 Shakespeare Memorial Theatre production of Love’s Labour’s Lost and music by Louis Applebaum from the 1961 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Love’s Labour’s Won. In 2014 the Royal Shakespeare Company paired Love's Labour's Lost with Love's Labour's Won (Much Ado About Nothing) at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The action took place either side of World War One and both productions featured the same company of actors and shared a set based on Charlecote Park, the National Trust stately home near Stratford-upon-Avon. The director Christopher Luscombe had an earlier connection with the play, having been a memorable 'Moth' in Ian Judge's 1993 production of Love's Labour's Lost. The production was broadcast live into cinemas worldwide in Spring 2015 and also streamed into schools.
