As You Like It

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to readers worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series, edited by an expert international team, includes all Shakespeare's plays, sonnets and poems, presented in attractively designed volumes. - modernised texts - full notes and lively introductions - informative illustrations - precise details of staging and performance. In performance, As You Like It can appear bright or sombre: a feast of language and a delight for comic actors, or a risk-taking exploration of gender roles. This updated edition provides an account of what makes this popular play both innocent and dangerous. There is a section on recent critical, stage and film interpretations of the play, an updated reading list and a new appendix on an early court performance of As You Like It in 1599. Mapping the complexities of the plays setting - a no man's land related to both France and England - the edition also offers detailed commentary on its language and an analytical account of performance.