Shakespeare, William. Twelfth night, or, What you will

Folger bibliographic ID: 353023
Folger call number: PR2753 .Q31 2017 v.35 R.R
Folger holdings ID: 501527
Accession Number: 224261

"This third edition of Twelfth Night retains the text edited and annotated by Elizabeth Story Donno for the first edition of 1985, and features an updated introduction by Penny Gay, which focuses on recent scholarship and performance history. Building on her Introduction to the second edition, Gay stresses the play's theatricality, its elaborate linguistic games and its complex use of Ovidian myths. She analyses the delicate balance Shakespeare strikes in Twelfth Night between romance and realism, and explores representations of gender, sexuality and identity in the text. A selection of new photographs completes the edition." -- Publisher's description

Edition

Third edition

General notes

Previous ed. published: 2004 Text is based on the first folio of 1623 Includes bibliographical references

Contents

Preface to first edition -- Preface to third edition -- Introduction / by Penny Gay. Date and early performances -- The play's sources -- Imaginary geography and stage space -- Puritans and clowns -- Time, chance and the poetry of romance -- Myths and metamorphosis -- Gender sexuality and the stage -- Language -- Riddles -- Music -- Critical fashions -- Stage history -- 'Autumnal' Twelfth Nights -- Carnival Twelfth Nights -- Local Shakespeares -- 'Original practices' -- Adaptations -- Note on the text -- List of characters -- The play -- Textual analysis -- Reading list

Uniform title: Twelfth night
Extended title: Twelfth night, or, What you will / [William Shakespeare] ; edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an updated introduction by Penny Gay
Alternate titles: What you will

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Twelfth night

author: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
editor: Donno, Elizabeth Story, 1921-2008
writer of introduction: Gay, Penny
publisher: Cambridge University Press