Verlorene Liebesmüh
One theory is that "Love's Labour's Won" may be a lost sequel to "Love's Labour's Lost", depicting the further adventures of the King of Navarre, Berowne, Longaville, and Dumain, whose marriages were delayed at the end of "Love's Labour's Lost". In the final moments of "Love's Labour's Lost" the weddings that customarily close Shakespeare's comedies are unexpectedly deferred for a year without any obvious plot purpose, which would allow for a sequel. Critic Cedric Watts imagined what a sequel might look like: