Minor characters in this play include a page named Moth and the rustic Costard, who speaks the longest word in any Shakespeare play, (*) honorificabilitudinitatibus.
A line from this play is the source of the name of a group of poets centered around Sir Walter Raleigh, the School of Night. Many have speculated that a character in this play "with two pitch-balls stuck in her face for eyes" is based on the Dark Lady of The Sonnets. Minor characters in this play include a page named Moth and the rustic Costard, who speaks the longest word in any Shakespeare play, (*) honorificabilitudinitatibus. Holofernes attempts to stage a masque of the Nine Worthies in this play, which also features an oath taken by Dumaine, Longaville, and the protagonist, attendants on King Ferdinand of Navarre. Those attendants fall in love with the attendants of the Princess of France, with Berowne falling in love with Rosaline. For 10 points, name this alliteratively titled Shakespeare comedy.
A line from this play is the source of the name of a group of poets centered around Sir Walter Raleigh, the School of Night.
Love's Labour's Lost