{"product_id":"9780141921631","title":"As You Like It","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare's exuberant comedy \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It \u003c\/i\u003eis his playful take on the Renaissance tradition of pastoral romance, edited by H.J. Oliver with an introduction by Katherine Duncan-Jones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'All the world's a stage,\u003cbr\u003eAnd all the men and women merely players'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rosalind is banished by her uncle Duke Frederick, who has usurped her father's throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she loves - Orlando, similarly forced into exile by his older brother Oliver - and resolves to remain in disguise to test his feelings or her. A gloriously sunny comedy, \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e is an exuberant combination of concealed identities and verbal jousting, reconciliations and multiple weddings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains a general introduction to Shakespeare's life and Elizabethan theatre, a separate introduction to \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, an essay discussing performance options on both stage and screen, and a commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden some time 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 \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet \u003c\/i\u003e(1595), \u003ci\u003eHenry \u003c\/i\u003eV (1599), \u003ci\u003eHamlet \u003c\/i\u003e(1601), \u003ci\u003eOthello\u003c\/i\u003e (1604), \u003ci\u003eKing Lear \u003c\/i\u003e(1606) and \u003ci\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/i\u003e (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love-poetry in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eAs You Like It\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Shakespeare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'At once sublime poet and master dramatist'\u003cbr\u003eSimon Callow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148017025264,"sku":"9780141921631","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141921631_p0.jpg?v=1763655679","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141921631","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}