One of the best-loved comedies ever written Twelfth Night is perhaps Shakespeare's most lyrical as well as most experimental play This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by M M Mahood with an introduction by Michael Dobson ' If music be the food of love play on' Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria Wooing a countess on his behalf she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved's affections With the arrival of Viola's brother & a trick played upon the countess's steward confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity This book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life & Elizabethan theatre a separate introduction to Twelfth Night a chronology suggestions for further reading an essay discussing performance options on both stage & screen & a commentary William Shakespeare was born some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon & died in 1616 He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language & the world's pre-eminent dramatist Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham & Honorary President of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Michael Dobson is Director of the Shakespeare Institute & Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Birmingham' Unrequited love melancholy cruelty & joy held together in perfect balance'
- Nicholas Hytner
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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Twelfth Night on the left-hand page side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Set in a topsy-turvy world like a holiday revel this comedy devises a romantic plot around separated twins misplaced passions & mistaken identity ...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship & emphasis on performance The series features line-by-line commentaries & textual notes on the plays & poems Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical stage & screen interpretations This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited & annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985 & features an updated introduction by Penny Gay which focuses on recent scholarship & performance history Building on her Introduction to the second edition Gay stresses the play's theatricality its elaborate linguistic games & its complex use of Ovidian myths She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance & realism & explores representations of gender sexuality & identity in the text A selection of new photographs completes the edition ...

Edited Introduced & Annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal Variously melancholy lyrical joyous & farcical Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences The main plot revolves around mistaken identities & unrequited love Both Olivia & Orsino are attracted to Viola who is disguised as a young man; & Viola's brother Sebastian finds that he is loved not only by Antonio but also by Olivia Meanwhile in the comic sub-plot Sir Toby Belch & his companions outwit the vain Malvolio who is ludicrously humiliated While offering broad comedy Twelfth Night teasingly probes gender-roles & sexual ambiguities ...

An enhanced larger-format edition of the Cambridge School Shakespeare plays extensively rewritten expanded & produced in an attractive new design An active approach to classroom Shakespeare enables students to inhabit Shakespeare's imaginative world in accessible & creative ways Students are encouraged to share Shakespeare's love of language interest in character & sense of theatre Substantially revised & extended in full colour classroom activities are thematically organised in distinctive ' Stagecraft' ' Write about it' ' Language in the play' ' Characters' & ' Themes' features Extended glossaries are aligned with the play text for easy reference Expanded endnotes include extensive essay-writing guidance for ' Twelfth Night' & Shakespeare

Includes:: rich exciting colour photos of performances of ' Twelfth Night' from around the world

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Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex & intriguing plays Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities In recent years it has returned to the centre of critical debate surrounding gender & sexuality The Introduction explores the multiple factors that make up the play's rich textual theatrical critical & cultural history Keir Elam surveys the play's production & reception emphasizing the role of the spectator both within the comedy & the playhouse ...

For more than 20 years Lois Burdett has been introducing Shakespeare to primary school pupils Working with her students she makes Shakespeare's plays come wonderfully alive for young eyes & ears The texts are rewritten as simple rhyming verse & illustrated by her pupils' own drawings ...

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre & this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout Peopled with lovers misled either by disguises or their own natures it combines lyrical melancholy with broad comedy The introduction analyses its many views of love & the juxtaposition of joy & melancholy while the detailed commentary pays particular attention to its linguistic subtleties Music is particularly important in Twelfth Night & this is the only modern edition to offer material for all the music required in a performance James Walker has re-edited the existing music from the original sources & where noe exists has composed settings compatible with the surviving originals ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Key Features Study methods Introduction to the text Summaries with critical notes Themes & techniques Textual analysis of key passages Author biography Historical & literary background Modern & historical critical approaches Chronology Glossary of literary terms ...

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