This wisely funny comedy, which contains some of Shakespeare?s loveliest poetry, contrasts a court?s world of envy and rivalry with a forest?s world of compassion and harmony. In the Forest of Arden, the banished young heroine, Rosalind, disguised as a gentleman farmer, encounters an extraordinary assemblage of characters, including a fool, a malcontent traveler, her own banished father, and the banished young man she loves. Romantic happiness triumphs, even as we laugh at the excesses of love, at the ways of court and countryside, indeed, at everything, in this masterpiece of comic writing.

Each Edition Includes:
? Comprehensive explanatory notes
? Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship
? Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English
? Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories
? An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography

142 pages

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	1988
ISBN13	9780553212907
Publishers	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group I
Pages	288
Dimensions	107 × 173 × 15 mm · 170 g
Language	English
Editor	Bevington, David
Editor	Kastan, David Scott