title: Love's Labor's Lost: The 30-Minute Shakespeare
author: William Shakespeare
description: <div>Nick Newlin: Nick Newlin has performed a juggling and variety act for international audiences for 23 years. Since 1996, he has conducted an annual Play Directing residency affiliated with the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. Nick has a BA from Harvard University with Honors 1982 and an MA in Theater from The University of Maryland with an emphasis on Play Directing.<BR><BR></div>
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  ### Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](part0001.xhtml)
  
  
  [Copyright](part0002.xhtml)
  
  
  [Vampire Wars](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0012.xhtml)
  
  
  [About Violett](part0013.xhtml)
  
  
  [Coming Soon!](part0014.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright 2018 by Violett Skye.
  
  
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  The course of true love never did run smooth.
  
  
  -William Shakespeare
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1 Ella
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Summer was nearly over, and Ella had started collecting things she’d need to
  take for her semester abroad in Paris. However, ever since the accident,
  something felt off. Her breathing felt slower, rougher. She had more energy
  than normal. But the worst of it was her vision. The world app