As You Like it
William Shakespeare(Author)
Oxford Paperbacks (Publisher)
Published on 1. February 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
255 pages
978-0-19-281955-0 (ISBN)
Description
"As Your Like It" is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy with his longest female role. Alan Brissenden examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral and doubleness. He reassesses its performance and textual history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. 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. Alan Brissenden is the author of "Shakespeare and Some Others" and "Shakespeare and the Dance".
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
halftones
ISBN-13
978-0-19-281955-0 (9780192819550)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 Introduction: the play's date; the source; love; metamorphosis; doubleness; names and places; pastoral; the play in performance; "Your very, very Rosalind"; the text; editorial procedures. Part 2 "As You Like It - the text. Appendices: wit; the songs.