INTRODUCTION
DATING THE PLAY
THE FIRST FOLIO AND ITS COPY
THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE
BLANK VERSE DRAMA
THE CONVENTIONS OF PROSE
A CLASSICAL EDUCATION
1) LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT
GENRE
FESTIVE COMEDY
PASTORAL
SOURCE AND SETTING
CHARACTERS
METATHEATRE
MASQUE
WRITING MATTERS
2) LANGUAGE: FORMS AND USES
VERSE AND PROSE
PERSONAL PRONOUNS
ASIDES AND SOLILOQUIES
RHETORIC
WRITING MATTERS
3 LANGUAGE OVER TIME
ISSUES OF INTERPRETATION
CONTEMPORARY REFERENCES, CHANGING MEANINGS AND ARCHAIC LANGUAGE
INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE ON THE MODERN STAGE
AS YOU LIKE IT ON FILM: WHERE PICTURES DO THE WORK
WRITING MATTERS
4) PERFORMING THE LANGUAGE
PERFORMING METRE
PERFORMING RHETORIC
PERFORMING ‘YOU’ AND ‘THOU’
WRITING MATTERS
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