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Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will (Dover Thrift Editions)

by William Shakespeare (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars 181 customer reviews
ISBN-13: 978-0486292908
ISBN-10: 0486292908
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications (January 10, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0486292908
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486292908
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.2 x 8.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (181 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is the best Shakespeare play on audio ever
By Molly the Cat on June 8, 1998
Format: Audio Cassette
Each of the Harper/Caedmon Audio series of Shakespeare's plays, originally recorded in the 60s by the Shakespeare Recording Society and now being reissued on cassette, lives up to a high standard of performance. But the "Twelfth Night" recording is, in my view, the best. The stellar cast includes a young Vanessa Redgrave as Olivia, and a hilarious Willoughby Goddard as Sir Toby. The scenes where Paul Scofield as Malvolio is deceived with a forged letter into thinking that Olivia loves him have a side-splitting humor that comes through even though the play is nearly 400 years old. The sound quality is excellent. I would have to say that this is the crown jewel of the whole Caedmon series.
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5.0 out of 5 starsNaxos complete recording the best so far
By F. Behrens HALL OF FAME on November 4, 2000
Format: Audio CD
Please notice that G.H.'s in-house review above does not refer to the recording pictured above, nor do any of the reviews so far. What follows refers only to the Naxos set.
There are now three complete recordings of <Twelfth Night> available. We have the older and elegantly read version on Harper Audio with Dorothy Tutin as the best Viola of the lot. Acted with a bit more verve though with less poetry is the Arkangel Shakespeare recording with a Scottish Malvolio and a cast of younger sounding actors who are making names for themselves in Great Britain. However I am very impressed with the "Twelfth Night" that is one of the latest additions to the Naxos Classic Drama series.
By far, this is the best-produced "Twelfth Night." One actually feels he is hearing an actual stage performance with all of the action but with the loss of none of the poetry. Perhaps the Viola does sound a little maturer than imagination would have her and the Sir Toby Belch a little less belchy sounding than others. None of the Festes sing as marvelously as did Peter Pears on the long deleted Marlowe Society recording (also with Tutin); however, on this Naxos set David Timson stays nicely in tune--and directs the production to boot. And he keeps things moving neatly along, which is saying a lot for Shakespeare recordings.
The CD version has the advantage of excellent tracking cues for not only each scene but for key points within the scene. The Harper CDs give a new track only for each new scene and the tapes (of course) are quite useless in that regard. The Arkangel series at present exists only on tapes but they are planning to reissue the entire series on CDs. So this Naxos release is the one of choice so far.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHomeschooling Shakespeare
By Eileen Cunningham VINE VOICE on June 30, 2008
Format: Mass Market Paperback
The Folger Shakespeare edition of this play gives it a leg up on other versions as far as homeschooling goes. First, the text of the play appears on the right-hand pages, leaving the left-hand pages for glosses, text notes, and illustrations that clarify numerous allusions in the play. Second, sections in the introductory material explain Shakespeare's language, life, and theater, as well as the print history of the play. In the closing material, the editors have included textual notes, an essay entitled "*Twelfth Night*: A Modern Perspective" by Catherine Belsey, an annotated list for further reading, and a key to famous lines in the play. Most useful for homeschooling, perhaps, are the lesson plans available at the Folger web site in either PDF or print version. This play served as the basis of the popular movie *She's the Man*, which can be viewed as a follow-up for comparison and discussion.
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4.0 out of 5 starsIt was nice to read for my college English class
By Amanda Jamison on January 20, 2016
Format: Mass Market Paperback Verified Purchase
It was nice to read for my college English class. If you read it for college, you'll get a lot of people comparing it to "She's the Man" which does get really annoying. As usual, Shakespeare doesn't disappoint. It was a little bit difficult to read, but the footnotes really helped. I never have to use sparknotes for the Folgers Shakespeare Library editions since it's very straightforwards and there's a lot of information on the side.
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5.0 out of 5 starsForgettable, but Great While it Lasts
By T. A. Kleinhans on January 26, 2014
Format: Mass Market Paperback Verified Purchase
This is definitely a classic Shakespearean comedy, complete with disguises, intrigue, love, humor, and a lot of fun. In all honesty, I am not generally a big fan of comedies, but this is definitely an example of an exception. Really, it will never be considered Shakespeare's greatest, but the plot, characters, disguise and romantic elements, and even just the thought of how it would even work on stage when it was originally performed, all contribute to a great mix of humor. As to the edition itself, I found it to be greatly helpful in understanding the action in the play. It has a layout which places each page of the play opposite a page of notes, definitions, explanations, and other things needed to understand that page more thoroughly. While I didn't always need it, I was certainly glad to have it whenever I ran into a turn of language that was unfamiliar, and I definitely appreciated the scene-by-scene summaries. Really, if you want to or need to read Shakespeare, an edition such as this is really the way to go, especially until you get more accustomed to it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat line notes
By Rebecca Thompson on February 15, 2013
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
This edition has a really nice preface and introduction to the work and Shakespeare. The footnotes and annotations are thorough and helpful. I'm using this while teaching my freshman English classes and the students who have purchased it are really glad to have the notes that help them better understand the text. It's a nice, easily carried size, and the margins are large enough to make plenty of my own notes as well. Even the line spacing is just wide enough for me to note in between lines, but not so wide that it makes reading onerous. Great price for a great edition
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