Shakespeare, William

Twelfth Night

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ISBN 13:: 9780230243842
author:: Shakespeare, William
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2010
Pages:: 192
Dimensions:: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm
Genre:: Shakespeare plays, texts
Condition:: New
Availability:: Item usually sent within 10 working days

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This modern edition of Twelfth Night offers a fresh approach to Shakespeare's great comedy of love, folly and mistaken identity. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, it provides a historical overview of the play in performance, as well as insights into specific productions and film versions.

Featuring interviews with leading directors Sam Mendes, Declan Donnellan and Neil Bartlett, this edition offers an illuminating insight into the varied interpretations that are possible. It also includes an essay on Shakespeare's career and Elizabethan theatre, enabling readers to understand the play as it was originally intended.

Ideal for students, theatre-goers, actors and general readers, this RSC Shakespeare edition provides a contemporary approach to reading and rediscovering Shakespeare's works for the twenty-first century.

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