This Wordsworth Edition
Includes:: an exclusive Introduction & Notes by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex As You Like It is one of Shakespeare’s finest romantic comedies variously lyrical melancholy satiric comic & absurd Its boldly implausible plot generates a profusion of love-lorn men a resourceful heroine in disguise sexual ambiguity sceptical philosophising & finally a multiplicity of marriages The ironic medley of pastoral artifice romantic ardour & quizzical reflection has helped to make As You Like It perennially popular in the theatre A recent production was deemed ‘fresh funny sexy & when it matters deeply touching’ As You Like It is part of the Wordsworth Classics’ Shakespeare Series used in the workshops of the Royal Shakespeare Company Every volume in the series has been newly edited by Cedric Watts described by Edward Said as ‘a man for whom the enjoyment & enrichment of friends & students is the main consideration in what he does’