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Twelfth Night
  • Imprint: Penguin

  • Published: 07/04/2005

  • ISBN: 9780141914602

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99

Twelfth Night

  • William Shakespeare

  • M. Mahood (Edited by)

  • Michael Dobson (Introducer)

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'If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it'

Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke Orsino. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of her affections. Amorous intrigues, practical jokes, sexual confusion and riotous disorder ensue in this lyrical, hugely popular romantic comedy, which shows both the delights and the perils of desire.

Used and Recommended by the National Theatre

General Editor Stanley Wells
Edited by M. M. Mahood
Introduction by Michael Dobson

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • Published: 07/04/2005

  • ISBN: 9780141914602

  • Length: 240  Pages

  • RRP: £7.99


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William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.

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