As You Like It

by Lesley Wade Soule

Book Overview

The commentary at the centre of this Handbook introduces students to the play as it would be experienced in performance. Other sections provide basic information about the text and its first performances, a brief description of the main political and cultural currents of the time and the popular kinds of entertainment, drama and comedy. Extracts from several comedies and Shakespeare's immediate source, Thomas Lodge's Rosalynde, together...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403936293
• ISBN13: 9781403936295
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"