Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

ISBN-13: 9781107565463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 194 str.

William Shakespeare; Elizabeth Donno; Penny Gay

Opis

This edition preserves the play text of Twelfth Night as it was edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first Cambridge edition of 1985. The second edition featured a completely new introduction by Penny Gay. For the third edition, Professor Gay further updates the introduction, taking into account recent substantial performance history, and providing a refreshed reading list for the contemporary student reader. Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the play's delicate balance between romance and realism and its exploration of gender, sexuality and identity. In examining the stage history, Gay suggests that contemporary critical thinking could have much to offer twenty-first century directors and actors. A selection of new photographs completes the third edition of this well-loved Shakespearean comedy.

Spis treści

Preface to the first edition; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction Penny Gay; Note on the text; List of characters; The play; Textual analysis; Reading list.