Twelfth Night: Or What You Will

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Shakespeare
SeriesThrift Editions
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:80
Dimensions(mm): Height 209,Width 132
Category/GenreShakespeare plays
ISBN/Barcode 9780486292908
ClassificationsDewey:822.33
Audience
General
Edition New edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint Dover Publications Inc.
Publication Date 21 May 1997
Publication Country United States

Description

Delightfully comic tale of mistaken identities revolves around the physical likeness between Sebastian and his twin sister Viola, each of whom, when separated after a shipwreck, believes the other to be dead. Filled with superb comedy, this entertaining masterpiece remains one of Shakespeare's most popular and performed comedies.

Author Biography

He was not of an age, but for all time," declared Ben Jonson of his contemporary William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Jonson's praise is especially prescient, since at the turn of the 17th century Shakespeare was but one of many popular London playwrights and none of his dramas were printed in his lifetime. The reason so many of his works survive is because two of his actor friends, with the assistance of Jonson, assembled and published the First Folio edition of 1623.