Twelfth Night (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Each edition includes:

? 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 Catherine Belsey

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. more

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From: Amazon
Posted: Sep-02-2009

If Shakespeare be the food of love, PLAY ON!

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's finest plays and has a plot that is amusing and serious all at the same time. Take a woman disguised as an eunuch, a court jester who is anything but funny, a poetic king and family members looking to find each other and you have Twelfth Night. I highly...

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Posted: Feb-21-2009

Ideal for all lovers of Shakespeare

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's best loved and most accessible comedies. A brisk, comic farce, it hinges around two plots running concurrently - aristocrats mistake their lovers' gender, and a pompous steward is sent up by some clowns. Watching this play recently (in London, with the...

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Posted: Sep-02-2008

Lovers, fools, and stubborn characters of every stripe.

And frequently all the same person. A cross-dressing young lady yclept Viola carries Duke Orsino's messages of undying love to Olivia. Olivia hurls harsh word at the Duke as her reply, and in the end gets her desire. Olivia's head servant, Malvolio isn't as smart as he thinks he is, but Feste,...

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Posted: Jun-30-2008

Homeschooling Shakespeare

The Folger Shakespeare edition of this play gives it a leg up on other versions as far as homeschooling goes. First, the text of the play appears on the right-hand pages, leaving the left-hand pages for glosses, text notes, and illustrations that clarify numerous allusions in the play. Second,...

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Posted: Aug-17-2007

Twelfth Night : An amazing book

Twelfth Night is a very amazing book full of true love, confusion, and adventure. It starts out with a shipwreck on a fictious island of Illyria where Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are staying and neither of them thinks the other is alive. So therefore, they both go into Illyira and Viola...

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Posted: Jan-01-2007

great play

I saw she's the man in theaters, then I went on the internet and read about it. Then I found out it is based on twelfth night. So I read the play and I like it. I've also read A midsummer night's dream. I like twelfth night more. It's a great play.

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Posted: Dec-16-2005

Great Comedy

This play is about a girl who goes under cover as a man to try to find her twin brother who was lost in a shipwreck. she goes to work for the self indulgent Duke Orsino. the play is filled with comedic events such as the Duchess Olivia falls love with the main character, Viola, because Olivia...

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