Twelfth Night

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Author: Shakespeare, William, Watts, Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Professor), Watts, Cedric, M.A. Ph.D. (Professor), Shakespeare playsPublished on 5 May 1992 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in t he United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.Paperback | 128 pages197 x 126 x 8 | 92g Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, M.A., Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex.The Wordsworth Classics' Shakespeare's Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences. The main plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love. Both Olivia and Orsino are attracted to Viola, who is disguised as a young man; and Viola’s brother, Sebastian, finds that he is loved not only by Antonio but also by Olivia.Meanwhile, in the comic sub-plot, Sir Toby Belch and his companions outwit the vain Malvolio, who is ludicrously humiliated. While offering broad comedy, Twelfth Night teasingly probes gender-roles and sexual ambiguities. Show more