As You Like It (Shakespeare on Stage) - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

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9780934048156: As You Like It (Shakespeare on Stage)

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ISBN 10: 0934048150 ISBN 13: 9780934048156

Publisher: Swan Books, 1985

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With a strong emphasis on the conscious theatricality of the play, Professor Gay's study focuses on its significance for its first audiences and its performance potential today in the light of modern critical readings.

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Shakespeare's As You Like It can appear bright or sombre in performance: a feast of language and a delight for comic actors; or a risk-taking exploration of gender roles. This edition offers an account of what makes the play both innocent and dangerous, mapping the complexities of its setting (a no-man's-land related to both France and England) and giving an ample commentary on its language and an analytical account of performance.

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