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William Shakespeare (Author), A. R. Braunmuller (Editor), Stephen Orgel (Editor)
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Release Date: Aug 3 2000 | Series: Shakespeare, Pelican
"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)

The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.

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* Authoritative, reliable texts
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* An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of texts

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An excellent introduction to Shakespeare for the junior reader. -- The School Librarian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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John Dover Wilson's New Shakespeare, published between 1921 and 1966, became the classic Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems until the 1980s. The series, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars darn fine, dirt cheap Mar 27 2002
By Cry the Name
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Whew...this story has an even faster plot turn about than Austen's Pride and Prejudice. If one is not careful, you--like me, may suffer "plausibility whiplash." That said, As You Like It is a delightful example of Shakespearean comedy. Jaques is one of my favorites from Shakespeare's stable of characters. Things get renewed, folks get married, fortunes are restored. Good Stuff. I must also mention how much I like these Signet Classic Shakespeare texts. They are darn fine (good intros, critical pieces, and source info) and dirt cheap.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An Idyllic play - for romantics Nov 20 2003
By MrSherlockHolmes
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This has to be one of Shakespeare's gayest plays (no pun intended). Whatever tragedy may have occurred in the beginning - at the court - is totally forgotten when the action moves to the forest, where Robin-hood like; a banished duke, a melancholy philosopher and a cast of love sick characters act out their lives on the stage.

Much of the play is centered on Rosalind - the female lead in 'drag' - who falls in love with the third son of a nobleman, Orlando, who has been cheated out of his inheritance by his eldest brother. Her father, the duke, has also been cheated by a brother and is now living in the forest with his 'merry men'. Her short stay at court is disrupted when her uncle changes his mind about her and 'graciously' gives her a few days to get out of the kingdom. This event leads to her escape into the forests with her cousin, the daughter of the duke at Court. As the play progresses more and more characters end up in the forest which becomes the stage where all these actors play out their parts - to paraphrase Jacques.

As a reader you sometimes have to suspend rationality in order to swallow some of the larger than life events that occur in this story (The snake - Lion - Lion killer scene for example). It's not meant to be taken too seriously I'd imagine, just a play about love and romance and the lengths one will go to because of love. The only rational person in this play seems to be the Malvolio-like Jacques, whose deer hugging antiques (forerunner of modern day Environmentalism?) and refusal to take part in the revelry make him the butt of the other's jokes. Even the clown seems to have been pierced by Cupid's arrows as he too weds a country 'wench', something unheard of in the other plays where the clowns all seem to be eunuchs.

If you're reeling from any of Shakespeare's tragedies, or want to escape the ordered, (courtly?) existence that is your life and take a dive into an almost fantasy-like world where all is love and laughter, this play may be your ticket.

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3.0 out of 5 stars don't get it May 4 2003
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i've watched two different versions of this play and still can't see what the fuss is about. yes, rosalind is a charming character, but the main storyline is limp, and the secondary storyline is far too weak to be a serious contrast of corrupted courtly life versus virtuous idyllic existence. the fool is sometimes funny especially in his courtship of the young lass, and jaques the 'philosopher' has some nice lines, but the whole thing goes nowhere. i need to read this play to see what i'm missing. but based on my two viewings, i don't get it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars As he liked it
Out of all the great Shakespeare's plays, "As You Like It" is undoubtedly... the fluffiest. This is cotton candy. Read more
Published on May 2 2011 by E. A Solinas
4.0 out of 5 stars NEVER PICTURE PERFECT
Anyone with a working knowledge of Shakespeare's plays knows that As You Like It is a light, airy comedy. It is clearly not one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Read more
Published on May 13 2003 by NotATameLion
4.0 out of 5 stars wow.........
As all the other comedies of Shakespeare, As You Like It has the same witty exchange of insults between the men, and prolonged talk of nonsense between the women. Read more
Published on Jan 8 2002 by kp
5.0 out of 5 stars as u like it!!
This book was one of my best loved Shakespeare's plays. It really gave me comfort and laugh whenever I read it. Read more
Published on Dec 23 2001 by "springnight"
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical!
"As You Like It" is bar none, one of Shakespeare's VERY best works. It is probably the most poetic of the comedies and contains perhaps as many famous quotations as any... Read more
Published on Oct 20 2001 by "the_kenosha_kid"
5.0 out of 5 stars The Many Appealing Facets of Shakespeare's Talent!
As You Like It has many qualities to attract readers and audiences. Rosalind is one of the great heroines of all romantic literature. Read more
Published on Oct 14 2001 by Donald Mitchell
3.0 out of 5 stars A Shakespeare play that doesn't read very well at all.
'As you like it' is one of those Shakespearean plays that is considered 'great' by critics, but never really found true popular acclaim, perhaps due to the absence of charismatic... Read more
Published on July 5 2001 by darragh o'donoghue
5.0 out of 5 stars as you like it by william shakespeare
This book by william shakespeare, as you like it, was a truely remarkable act. it's funny, relaxed, interesting and understandable. Read more
Published on Jun 6 2000 by princess waiters
5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible comedy-- try to see it performed if possible
As You Like It boasts one of Shakespeare's most vivid, romantic, and just plain fun heroines, Rosalind. Read more
Published on May 2 2000 by "fiammetta"
4.0 out of 5 stars Analyze and Enjoy!
The first time I read this book, I thought it was onlyfair. When I had a better understanding of Shakespeare, I gave it a2nd chance and realized it was excellent. Read more
Published on April 7 2000 by Sean Ares Hirsch
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