AS YOU LIKE IT - New Cambridge Shakespeare **2nd Edition

An international team of scholars offers:

? modernised, easily accessible texts
? ample commentary and introductions
? attention to the theatrical qualities of each play and its stage history
? informative illustrations

As You Like It

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.
An updated introduction provides an account of what makes this popular play both innocent and dangerous. There is a new section on recent critical, stage and film interpretations of the play, an updated reading list and a new appendix on a possible early court performance of As You Like It in 1599. Mapping the complexities of the play's setting ? a no-man's-land related to both France and England ? the edition also includes detailed commentary on its language and an analytical account of performance.