| As You Like It Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Bevington, David (Editor), Kastan, David Scott (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0553212907 ISBN-13: 9780553212907 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.26 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1988 Annotation: Those who look to comedy for amusement, laughter, a play of the mind, here also find Shakespeare's plenty. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Drama | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - General |
| Dewey: 812.6 |
| LCCN: 87024092 |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 4.23" W x 6.89" (0.32 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare's loveliest poetry, contrasts a court's world of envy and rivalry with a forest's world of compassion and harmony. In the Forest of Arden, the banished young heroine, Rosalind, disguised as a gentleman farmer, encounters an extraordinary assemblage of characters, including a fool, a malcontent traveler, her own banished father, and the banished young man she loves. Romantic happiness triumphs, even as we laugh at the excesses of love, at the ways of court and countryside, indeed, at everything, in this masterpiece of comic writing. Each Edition Includes: - Comprehensive explanatory notes - Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship - Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English - Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories - An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |