As You Like It: a Shakespeare transgender play - Softcover

Shakespeare, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942208358 ISBN 13: 9780942208351

Publisher: Bandanna Books, 2011

Synopsis

A reader's edition, modernized language ("you" for "thee," etc.) and glossary for unfamiliar words. As You Like It is an entertainment, with a major plot element being a transgender experience through several acts. In his plays, intentionally or not, Shakespeare reorganized the whole conception of theater, away from the long-held Aristotelean notions of unities and logical sequence from beginning to end. He didn’t do this alone—Elizabethan theater was a product of many hands and minds, as we are reminded in scrambling to attribute this or that play to Shakespeare or others. Play by committee, perhaps? The gender-crossing in As You Like It is essen - tial to the structure of the play, extending from Act Two to Act Five, with deep explorations of what it means to be a woman or a man. I try to keep changes in Shakespeare’s lan - guage to a minimum, just enough to be understood imme diately without stopping to look up obscure words, expressions, or references. Even so, some obscurities may be lost to time or bulky dictionaries.

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About the Author

William Shakespeare is studied more than any other author. What we know of his life is too little, but is publicly available. I do not involve myself in the "was it really Shakespeare who wrote the plays" discussion. The plays speak for themselves.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bandanna Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0942208358
• ISBN 13: 9780942208351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72
• Editor: Newborn Sasha