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Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare

Love’s Labour’s Lost: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Love’s Labour’s Lost audiobook runs 1.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Godfrey and Peter Orr and others (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.6listening hrs
Theatre & Radiostore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Love’s Labour’s Lost at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 1.6 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Susan Bones and Zacharias Prewett runs 1.2 hours longer (2.7 hours).
  • The 2016 recording read by LibriVox Volunteers runs 1 hours longer (2.5 hours).
  • The 2012 recording read by Derek Godfrey and Diana Rigg runs 0.7 hours longer (2.3 hours).
  • The 2010 recording read by Geraldine Mcewan and Derek Jacobi runs 0.9 hours longer (2.5 hours).

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Love’s Labour’s Lost is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Godfrey, Peter Orr and Gary Watson and others, released November 26, 2020, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.6 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Godfrey, Peter Orr, Gary Watson, Prunella Scales
Released
November 26, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio
ISBN
9780008443009

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Love’s Labour’s Lost audiobook?

Love’s Labour’s Lost runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.

Is the Love’s Labour’s Lost audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Love’s Labour’s Lost?

Love’s Labour’s Lost is narrated by Derek Godfrey, Peter Orr, Gary Watson and Prunella Scales.