Self-denial is in fashion at the court of Navarre where the young King and three of his courtiers solemnly foreswear all pleasures in favor of serious study.  But the Princess of France and her all-too-lovely entourage have other ideas, and it isn't long before young love, with its glad eyes, hesitations and embarrassments, has broken every self-imposed rule of the all-male 'academe'.  Shakespeare's boisterous celebration of the claims of young love is festive parade of every weapon in the youthful playwright's comic arsenal - from the excruciating cross-purposes to silly impersonations, drunkenness, bust-ups and pratfalls.  A joyful banquet of language, flirtation, and the first blush of love.