Twelfth Night – William Shakespeare

Description

For this updated edition of Twelfth Night, Penny Gay has written a wholly new Introduction to Elizabeth Donno’s edition of this well-loved Shakespearean comedy. She stresses the play’s theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and it [sic] 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, Professor Gay suggests that contemporary critical theory could have much to offer twenty-first-century directors and actors.

An international team of scholars offers: modernised, easily accessible texts / ample commentary and introductions / attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history / informative illustrations.