As You Like It has sometimes seemed a subversive play that exposes the instability of gender roles and traditional values. In other eras it has been prized - or derided - as a reliable celebration of conventional social mores. The play's ability to compass these extremes tells an interesting story about changing cultural and theatrical practices. This edition provides a detailed history of the play in production, both on stage and on screen. The introduction examines how changing conceptions of gender roles have affected the portrayal of Rosalind, one of Shakespeare's greatest comic heroines. The striking differences between the British tradition and the freer treatment the play has received abroad are discussed, as well as the politics of court versus country. The commentary, printed alongside the New Cambridge Shakespeare edition of the text, draws on primary sources to illuminate how costuming, stage business, design, and directorial choices have shaped the play in performance.
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Hardback Editions
April 2012 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like it (Collector's Library) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-907360-60-3 / 9781907360602 (UK edition) Publisher: Collector's Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2010 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It (Folger Shakespeare Library) Author(s): William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine ISBN: 0-7434-6658-6 / 978-0-7434-6658-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2010 : Library Binding
| Title: As You Like It (Graphic Shakespeare: Set 2) Author(s): Vincent Goodwin, William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-60270-761-8 / 9781602707610 (USA edition) Publisher: Magic Wagon Availability: Amazon More details... |
October 2009 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare, Michael Hattaway ISBN: 0-521-51974-8 / 978-0-521-51974-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2005 : Library Binding
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-4176-6958-6 / 978-1-4176-6958-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2004 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It (Shakespeare in Production) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-521-78137-X / 978-0-521-78137-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2000 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-521-22232-X / 978-0-521-22232-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
October 1999 : Library Binding
| Title: As You Like It (Folger Ed.) (New Folger Library Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-8085-0876-8 / 978-0-8085-0876-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 1999 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-929142-17-X / 9781929142170 (USA edition) Publisher: One Page Book Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 1994 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like it (The Folger Library general reader's Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A LaMar ISBN: 0-606-02176-0 / 978-0-606-02176-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Demco Media Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 1989 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like It: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-00-107298-6 / 978-0-00-107298-5 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1964 : Hardback
| Title: AS YOU LIKE IT Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
December 1957 : Hardback
| Title: As You Like it (Pocket Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-521-06380-9 / 978-0-521-06380-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
October 2011 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-61382-111-5 / 9781613821114 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Brown Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: All's Well That Ends Well (The Arden Shakespeare. Third Series) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-904271-19-7 / 9781904271192 (UK edition) Publisher: Delmar Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It. Written by William Shakespeare (Collins Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-00-790239-5 / 978-0-00-790239-2 (UK edition) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Norton Critical Editions) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-393-92762-8 / 978-0-393-92762-7 (USA edition) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 2010 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-062372-8 / 978-0-14-062372-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Press/Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 2010 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): Shakespeare William 1564-1616 ISBN: 1-172-04745-6 / 978-1-172-04745-1 Publisher: Nabu Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2010 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Modern Library Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-8129-6922-7 / 978-0-8129-6922-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Modern Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (The RSC Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-230-24380-0 / 978-0-230-24380-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2010 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare, Henry Norman Hudson, Andrew Jackson George ISBN: 1-143-02703-5 / 978-1-143-02703-1 Publisher: Nabu Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 2009 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Shakespeare Made Easy) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-7641-4272-0 / 978-0-7641-4272-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Availability: Amazon More details... |
March 2009 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (2009 Edition): Oxford School Shakespeare Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-19-832869-9 / 978-0-19-832869-8 (UK edition) Publisher: OUP Oxford Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 2007 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Shakespeare Library Classic) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-59986-771-0 / 9781599867717 (USA edition) Publisher: Filiquarian Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 2007 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-062125-3 / 978-0-14-062125-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Penguin / Godfrey Cave Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Arden Shakespeare: Third Series) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-904271-22-7 / 9781904271222 (UK edition) Publisher: Arden Shakespeare Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-497-25338-0 / 978-0-497-25338-7 (USA edition) Publisher: ICON Group International, Inc. Availability: Amazon More details... |
April 2005 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Penguin Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-101227-7 / 978-0-14-101227-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2004 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-7434-8486-X / 978-0-7434-8486-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2004 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Shakespeare in Production) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-521-78649-5 / 978-0-521-78649-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2000 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-521-29412-6 / 978-0-521-29412-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Cambridge University Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2000 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (The Pelican Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare, Frances E Doan ISBN: 0-14-071471-5 / 978-0-14-071471-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
April 1998 : Paperback
| Title: The Oxford Shakespeare: As You Like It (Oxford World's Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-19-283419-3 / 978-0-19-283419-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 1998 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Signet Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-451-52678-3 / 978-0-451-52678-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Signet Classics Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
April 1997 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Everyman Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare, John Andrews, Michael Kahn ISBN: 0-460-87627-9 / 978-0-460-87627-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 1996 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (Oxford School Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-19-831996-7 / 978-0-19-831996-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
October 1994 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (Animated Tales) Author(s): William Shakespeare, Leon Garfield ISBN: 0-434-96781-5 / 978-0-434-96781-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Methuen young books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1994 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (World's Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-19-281955-0 / 978-0-19-281955-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
March 1994 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (Oxford School Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-19-831979-7 / 978-0-19-831979-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Oxford University Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 1993 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Wordsworth Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-85326-059-2 / 9781853260599 (UK edition) Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 1989 : Paperback
| Title: "As You Like it" (Arden Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-415-02681-4 / 978-0-415-02681-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Thomson Learning Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 1988 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): ISBN: 9994022725 / 9789994022724 Publisher: Bantam Books(Classic & Loveswept) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1987 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): ISBN: 9994607499 / 9789994607495 Publisher: New American Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1984 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: AS YOU LIKE IT Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-671-53144-1 / 978-0-671-53144-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1983 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-88794-118-4 / 978-0-88794-118-4 (Canada (English speaking) edition) Publisher: CBC Enterprises Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 1980 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Shakespeare : as You Like it (Pelican Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-071417-0 / 978-0-14-071417-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 1980 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (Bantam Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare, David M. Bevington ISBN: 0-553-21290-7 / 978-0-553-21290-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1978 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: New York Mayflower Books Inc Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 1975 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (Arden Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-416-17840-5 / 978-0-416-17840-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
May 1975 : Paperback
| Title: "As You Like it" (Arden Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-17-443586-X / 978-0-17-443586-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Thomson Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1969 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): william shakespeare ISBN: 0-17-443451-0 / 978-0-17-443451-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 1968 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: As You Like it (New Penguin Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-070714-X / 978-0-14-070714-4 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1964 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Washington Square Press, Inc. Availability: Amazon More details... |
September 1963 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It (Shakespeare, Signet Classic) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-451-51667-2 / 978-0-451-51667-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Signet Classics Availability: Amazon More details... |
1960 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Washington Square Press Availability: Amazon More details... |
1938 : Paperback
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
September 2005 : Audio CD
| Title: As You Like It (Arkangel Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-932219-04-8 / 9781932219043 (USA edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America Availability: Amazon More details... |
May 2000 : Audio Cassette
| Title: As You Like it: Unabridged (Arkangel) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-14-180006-2 / 978-0-14-180006-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
July 1991 : Audio Cassette
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 1-55994-085-9 / 9781559940856 (USA edition) Publisher: Caedmon Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
April 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (2012 Academic Edn. / Interactive TOC / Incl. Study Guide) Author(s): Mark.C Garde, William Shakespeare Publisher: DIGIPUBLISHED Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2012 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (Annotated Edition) Author(s): William Shakespeare Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
December 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (Illustrated) Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Black Swan Classics Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2011 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (Annotated with Biography and Critical Essay) Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Golgotha Press Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
April 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (Modern Library Classics) Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Modern Library Availability: Amazon More details... |
August 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (mobi) (The New Folger Library Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: MobileReference Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 2008 : Kindle edition
| Title: 'As You Like It' Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: MacMay Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
August 2000 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It (The Pelican Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare, A. Braunmuller Publisher: Signet Classic Availability: Amazon More details... |
November 1998 : Kindle edition
| Title: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare Publisher: Public Domain Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
October 1996 : CD-ROM
| Title: As You Like it (Caedmon Shakespeare) Author(s): William Shakespeare ISBN: 0-694-51665-1 / 978-0-694-51665-0 (USA edition) Publisher: HarperAudio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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