Name: The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It
ISBN: 9780199536153

William Shakespeare

As You Like It is Shakespeare's most light-hearted comedy, and its witty heroine Rosalind has his longest female role. In this edition, Alan Brissenden reassesses both its textual and performance history, showing how interpretations have changed since the first recorded production in 1740. He examines Shakespeare's sources and elucidates the central themes of love, pastoral, and doubleness. Detailed annotations investigate the allusive and often bawdy language, enabling student, actor, and director to savour the humour and the seriousness of the play to the full.

The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It

Folger Shakespeare Library

As You Like It

sash.

Loved reading this for my 8th grade English Lit class. It's one of my favourite plays by Shakespeare, second to probably 'Macbeth'.

A little underwhelming for me in terms of Shakespeare. It had all the set ups for conflict between its characters— a Duke looking for the protagonists, multiple love triangles— but it remains somewhat plotless. That said, the dialogue is all very contemplative, most of it being a reflection on the roles we play in society because of our outward status. I suppose that is what Shakespeare was going for, using the protagonists disguises less as a plot vehicle and more as a gateway for these conversations to take place. However, I have seen Shakespeare deliver both riveting plot and reflective dialogue at the same time so I stand my case.

Joe Cloute

Amanda Faith

jess

i have a really hard time reading and focusing on shakespeare ok, but here it is: i don't care much for his comedies.

Book Frisson

I wasn’t as fascinated with it as I have been with other books in the past, but I did enjoy it as a Shakespearean play.

As You Like It (Signet Classics)

Brittney Wilson

Olivera Mitić

Had to read it for my English class. I didn't really enjoy it. Shakespeare is the God of instalove, and with this play he has actually shown us how big his power is.

Ana Jankovic

♥️ favourite quotes 
"O, thou didst then never love so heartily: If thou remember'st not the slightest folly That ever love did make thee run into, Thou hast not lov'd"

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts"

💛 Funny quotes 
"-Rosalind is your love's name? 
-Yes, just. 
- I do not like her name.
- There was no thought of pleasing you when she was christened."

"-By my troth, I was seeking for a fool when I found you. 
-He is drowned in the brook; look but in, and you shall see him."

"...and not being well married, it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife."

"Truly, thou art damned, like an ill-roasted egg, all on one side."
"But, mistress, know yourself; down on your knees, And thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love: For I must tell you friendly in your ear,— Sell when you can; you are not for all markets"

"O, that woman that cannot make her fault her husband's occasion, let her never nurse her child herself, for she will breed it like a fool."

"Is not this a rare fellow, my lord? he's as good at anything, and yet a fool."

Katerina Thorson

If you don't know this yet then I'm going to tell you: I AM A SHAKESPEAREAN GEEK!! And I'm totally proud of it!

Niki Sotiropoulou-Nassika

A pastoral comedy, William Shakespeare's "As You Like It," is the story of a Duke, who is unjustly deposed by his younger brother Frederick, and flees to the Forest of Arden. The Duke's daughter, Rosalind, remains behind at the court. When it is discovered that Orlando, the youngest son of the deceased Sir Rowland de Boys, has fallen in love with her, Orlando is forced to flee. Rosalind follows after him, with her cousin Celia, to the Forest of Arden where he has gone to join the deposed Duke. In order to avoid detection the two disguise their appearance, Rosalind as a young man, and Cecilia as a poor woman. In the forest they meet a variety of interesting characters, including most notably the melancholy Jaques, one of the deposed Duke's noblemen, who speaks some of Shakespeare's most memorable lines, including "All the world's a stage." While critics have debated the literary merits of "As You Like It," it remains as one of Shakespeare's most loved and often performed plays. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper, includes a preface and annotations by Henry N. Hudson, and an introduction by Charles Harold Herford.

The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It

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