Twelfth Night Or What You Will Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Twelfth Night, or What You Will I venture to believe that we are too much accustomed to regard Shakespeare as a writer of impulse rather than premeditation;1 the fact is that almost throughout the whole period of his authorship he combined a marvellous spontaneity with an equally marvellous discipline of thought and command of material. And this fact is not less true of the sources of his dramas; he spares no pains in his research; he disdains no authority, and no hint in any authority. To these preliminary considerations two other facts may be added. Shakespeare usually avoided the trouble not, of course, of elaborating - but of inventing a story; he preferred to adapt the plot of some existing novel or drama; and rightly, as I think; for a glance at almost any one of the great literatures of the world will convince us that to originate in the matter of myth or episode or narrative has been more often the frolic of a nation in its youth, or the task of mere ingenuity, and that the higher creative genius has displayed itself by its power of trans muting the crude metal of popular fable or story into the fine gold of drama and epic. But the remaining fact has yet to be stated; for this power of transmuting was possessed by Shakespeare in a far greater degree than by any other literary alchemist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twelfth Night, or What You Will: With a Special Introduction With A special introduction BY maurice hewle'it and AN original frontispiece BY john collier. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night: Or What You Will I We give it as quoted by Furnivall in his Introduction to the Leo pold Shakspere, p. Xvii. NO two editors print it in precisely the same form (see our cc]. Of A. Y. L. P. 10, foot-note). Collier, Knight, and Staunton give inscribing for in smiling, and H. Omits the words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Twelfth Night, or What You Will: A Comedy in Five Acts Cap. A virtuous maid the daughter of a count That died some twelvemonth since then leaving her In the protection of his son, her brother. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Shakespeare: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will, With an Introduction and Notes Twelfth night, though, so far as we know, printed for Date the first time in the Folio of 1623, was probably written about 1600. That it was not earlier than 1598 is proved by the fact that Meres in his list of Shake speare's plays, published in that year, makes no mention of it. On the other hand, in the autograph diary of John Manningham, a student of the Temple, discovered by Mr. Hunter, we have the following entry 1601. Feb. 2. At our feast we had a play called Twelve Night, or What you. Will, much like the Commedy of Errors or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni. A good practise in it to make the steward beleeve his lady widdowe was in love with him, by counterfayting a lettre, as from his lady, in general] termes, telling him what shee liked best in him, and prescribing his gesture in smiling, his apparraile, etc. And then when he came to practise, making him beleeve they tooke him to be mad, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This carefully crafted ebook: “Twelfth Night (The Unabridged Play) + The Classic Biography: The Life of William Shakespeare” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This play is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. Like many of Shakespeare’s comedies, this one centers on mistaken identity. The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria during the opening scenes. She loses contact with her twin brother, Sebastian, whom she believes dead. Posing as a man and masquerading as a young page under the name Cesario, she enters the service of Duke Orsino. Orsino is in love with the bereaved Lady Olivia, whose brother has recently died and decides to use “Cesario” as an intermediary. Olivia, believing Viola to be a man, falls in love with this handsome and eloquent messenger. Viola, in turn, has fallen in love with the Duke, who also believes Viola is a man and who regards her as his confidant. Life of William Shakespeare is a biography of William Shakespeare by the eminent critic Sidney Lee. This book was one of the first major biographies of the Bard of Avon. It was published in 1898, based on the article contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. Sir Sidney Lee (1859 – 1926) was an English biographer and critic. He was a lifelong scholar and enthusiast of Shakespeare. His article on Shakespeare in the fifty-first volume of the Dictionary of National Biography formed the basis of his Life of William Shakespeare. This full-length life is often credited as the first modern biography of the poet.

Excerpt from Twelfth Night, or What You Will: With Introduction, Notes, Glossary and Index January 6, the festival of the Epiphany and the twelfth day from Christmas, was formerly kept with numerous ceremonies and festivitiesl. A common feature of these festivities at Court and at the houses of great mar/r time. Nobles was the performance of plays. N o doubt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or What You Will: With Illustrations Among the passengers on board a ship wrecked in the Adriatic were Sebastian and Viola, twin children of a rich citizen of Messa lina. Born in the same hour, brother and sister had grown up in the tenderest mutual love and - what is stranger - in such likeness of feature that, if they exchanged clothes, you could not tell youth from maiden. Nor had they ever been parted until the sea thus cruelly severed them. When the vessel split, Viola managed to cling to a boat which with a few survivors - the Captain amongst them - came safely to shore. What coast is this?' she inquired Of the sailors. 'this is Illyria, lady.' Her thoughts rushed back to her brother, and she begged them to tell her if there were any chance of his being safe. 'there is this chance, ' answered the Captain at the last moment I saw him take rope and bind himself very coolly and bravely to a stout spar, and upon this he was afloat and alive while from our boat I could keep him in sight.' Even for this hope Viola was so grateful that she pressed money into the man's hand. 'do you know this country?' 'i know it well, madam; for I was born and bred scarcely three hours' journey from this very spot.' She asked by whom it was governed? The Captain told her, by a noble Duke, Orsino a bachelor and a love-sick one, for he had fixed his afi'ec tions on a fair lady who would have none of him, and indeed had abjured the society and sight of all men save those Of her own household. The name of this lady was the Countess Olivia, and she thus cloistered herself in sorrow for the loss of a brother, lately dead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.