Twelfth night, or, What you will
By: edited by Elizabeth Story Donno ; with an introduction by Penny Gay.
Contributors: Donno, Elizabeth Story, 1921-
Edition: Updated ed.
Series: The new Cambridge Shakespeare
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Drama; Brothers and sisters -- Drama; Mistaken identity -- Drama; Twins -- Drama; Illyria -- Drama
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: What you will
Description: "For this updated edition of Twelfth Night, Penny Gay has written a wholly new Introduction to this well-loved Shakespearean comedy. She 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, Professor Gay suggests that contemporary critical theory could have much to offer twenty-first-century directors and actors. An updated reading list completes the edition."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. 169-170).