The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It (Oxford World's Classics)

The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It (Oxford World's Classics)

by WilliamShakespeare (Author), Alan Brissenden (Editor)

Synopsis

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 02 Apr 1998

ISBN 10: 0192834193
ISBN 13: 9780192834195

Author Bio

Alan Brissenden is Reader in English, University of Adelaide, Australia.