Twelfth night or What you will / [William Shakespeare] ; edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an updated introduction by Penny Gay.
| Author/creator | Shakespeare, William author. |
| Other author | Donno, Elizabeth Story, 1921-2008 editor. |
| Other author | Gay, Penny, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | Third edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017. |
| Description | xv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The New Cambridge Shakespeare Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1984. Cambridge University Press. ^A494691 |
| Contents | Introduction : 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. |
| Abstract | "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 |
| General note | Previous ed. published: 2004. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN | 1107126274 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781107126275 hardback |