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As You Like It (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780743484862
ISBN: 074348486X
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2004-06-22
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Studio: Washington Square Press
Dewey Decimal Number: 822.33
EAN: 9780743484862
ISBN: 074348486X
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2004-06-22
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Studio: Washington Square Press
Editorial Review of As You Like It (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
• Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
• Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
• Scene-by-scene plot summaries
• A key to famous lines and phrases
• An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
• An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Susan Snyder
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
Customer Reviews of As You Like It (The New Folger Library Shakespeare)
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Review Summary: As You Like It
Review: I really enjoyed this play by Shakespeare. It contains a lot of witty conversation. I am going to see this play performed sometime in the near future and I am really looking forward to it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Outstanding tale of gender issues
Review: I am amazed this one gets performed on stage these days, it is delightfully bawdy, absolutely entertaining, an accurate depiction of human nature, utterly insensitive to the delicate temperments of those who seek out offense in any reference to gender, and just a great play.
Rosalind and Celia are on the lam, trying to teach Orlando, the impassioned but impovershed younger son, a lesson in love, but the manipulative Rosalind ends up learning the lesson. The deposed Duke and his deposer are in the background throughout.
A great play, and well worth watching or reading.
E.M. Van Court
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Shakespeares' best romantic comedy
Review: This is a pastoral romantic comedy that is set in the Middle Ages. The story is about four different sets of lovers who each represent the different faces of love. The characters are wonderfully portrayed. The setting is bucolic, and it is just so much fun. And, of course, the language is exquisite.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: All the world is a romantic comedy.
Review: I recently re-read AS YOU LIKE IT prior to attending The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's performance of this play under the summer stars here in Boulder. Shakespeare (1564-1616) produced this romantic comedy in 1599 and published it in the First Folio in 1623.
Summarizing the play is rather challenging. It basically tells the story of Duke Frederick, who has banished his brother, Duke Senior, into the Forest of Arden, thereby usurping the kingdom. In his exile, Duke Senior has found a humble life of merriment with his court. Following a wrestling match, Duke Frederick also banishes Orlando (son of the late Sir Roland de Boys) and Rosalind (daughter of Duke Senior) into the forest. At the match, the two have fallen into love at first sight. Out of friendhip, Duke Frederick's only child, Celia, and the court jester, Touchstone, follow Rosalind (now disguised as a boy, "Ganymede") into the forest. Soon, Orlando, Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone are all welcomed into the merry life of banished Duke Senior. Orlando, however, is lovesick for Rosalind, and Rosalind (still disguised as a boy) decides to cure Orlando of his lovesickness. While counseling him in the ways of true love, Rosalind (disguised as Ganymede) finds herself falling deeper in love with Orlando. Meanwhile, Celia has fallen in love with Orlando's brother, Oliver. The two decide to get married the next day. Even witty Touchstone has fallen in love with a dull-witted goatherd girl, Audrey. In the final scene, and after many hilarious mixups, all romantic entanglements are resolved by marriage; and after a sudden religious conversion, Duke Frederick returns the throne to his brother--thereby righting all wrongs and uniting all couples by love and happiness.
G. Merritt
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: All The World's A Stage
Review: As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's most beloved pastoral comedies. Banishment, disguises and love are the elements with which Shakespeare weaves his tale of several pairs of lovers who ultimately wind up marrying in the forest of Arden.
The melancholy Jaques delivers one of Shakespeare's most familiar speeches regarding the seven ages of man. If you haven't read or seen a performance of As You Like It I highly recommend this paperback edition.
The Folger Library editions are my favorite. Each page has a facing page that explains obscure terms and helps as a handy reference to make reading the plays pleasurable and educational. These paperback editions of Shakespeare's works are a great value and fit in your pocket.
Review Summary: As You Like It
Review: I really enjoyed this play by Shakespeare. It contains a lot of witty conversation. I am going to see this play performed sometime in the near future and I am really looking forward to it.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Outstanding tale of gender issues
Review: I am amazed this one gets performed on stage these days, it is delightfully bawdy, absolutely entertaining, an accurate depiction of human nature, utterly insensitive to the delicate temperments of those who seek out offense in any reference to gender, and just a great play.
Rosalind and Celia are on the lam, trying to teach Orlando, the impassioned but impovershed younger son, a lesson in love, but the manipulative Rosalind ends up learning the lesson. The deposed Duke and his deposer are in the background throughout.
A great play, and well worth watching or reading.
E.M. Van Court
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Shakespeares' best romantic comedy
Review: This is a pastoral romantic comedy that is set in the Middle Ages. The story is about four different sets of lovers who each represent the different faces of love. The characters are wonderfully portrayed. The setting is bucolic, and it is just so much fun. And, of course, the language is exquisite.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: All the world is a romantic comedy.
Review: I recently re-read AS YOU LIKE IT prior to attending The Colorado Shakespeare Festival's performance of this play under the summer stars here in Boulder. Shakespeare (1564-1616) produced this romantic comedy in 1599 and published it in the First Folio in 1623.
Summarizing the play is rather challenging. It basically tells the story of Duke Frederick, who has banished his brother, Duke Senior, into the Forest of Arden, thereby usurping the kingdom. In his exile, Duke Senior has found a humble life of merriment with his court. Following a wrestling match, Duke Frederick also banishes Orlando (son of the late Sir Roland de Boys) and Rosalind (daughter of Duke Senior) into the forest. At the match, the two have fallen into love at first sight. Out of friendhip, Duke Frederick's only child, Celia, and the court jester, Touchstone, follow Rosalind (now disguised as a boy, "Ganymede") into the forest. Soon, Orlando, Rosalind, Celia, and Touchstone are all welcomed into the merry life of banished Duke Senior. Orlando, however, is lovesick for Rosalind, and Rosalind (still disguised as a boy) decides to cure Orlando of his lovesickness. While counseling him in the ways of true love, Rosalind (disguised as Ganymede) finds herself falling deeper in love with Orlando. Meanwhile, Celia has fallen in love with Orlando's brother, Oliver. The two decide to get married the next day. Even witty Touchstone has fallen in love with a dull-witted goatherd girl, Audrey. In the final scene, and after many hilarious mixups, all romantic entanglements are resolved by marriage; and after a sudden religious conversion, Duke Frederick returns the throne to his brother--thereby righting all wrongs and uniting all couples by love and happiness.
G. Merritt
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: All The World's A Stage
Review: As You Like It is one of Shakespeare's most beloved pastoral comedies. Banishment, disguises and love are the elements with which Shakespeare weaves his tale of several pairs of lovers who ultimately wind up marrying in the forest of Arden.
The melancholy Jaques delivers one of Shakespeare's most familiar speeches regarding the seven ages of man. If you haven't read or seen a performance of As You Like It I highly recommend this paperback edition.
The Folger Library editions are my favorite. Each page has a facing page that explains obscure terms and helps as a handy reference to make reading the plays pleasurable and educational. These paperback editions of Shakespeare's works are a great value and fit in your pocket.