Contents

Editors’ Preface

Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

Reading Shakespeare’s Language: Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

Shakespeare’s Life

Shakespeare’s Theater

The Publication of Shakespeare’s Plays

An Introduction to This Text

Characters in the Play

Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

Text of the Play with Commentary

Act 1

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Scene 4

Scene 5

Act 2

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Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

Act 3

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Scene 3

Scene 4

Act 4

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Scene 3

Act 5

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Textual Notes

Twelfth Night: A Modern Perspective

 by Catherine Belsey

Further Reading

Key to Famous Lines and Phrases

Commentary

Act 1

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Scene 5

Act 2

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Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Scene 5

Act 3

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Scene 4

Act 4

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 3

Act 5

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