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All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare

All's Well That Ends Well By William Shakespeare

All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare


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Often classed as a "problem comedy", this play presents an aggressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery. Frequently oversimplified in the past, recent productions have revealed how it penetrates both social and personal issues. This edition explores its clashing ideologies.

All's Well That Ends Well Summary

All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare

Usually classifed as a 'problem comedy', All's Well that Ends Well invites a fresh assessment. Its psychologically disturbing presentation of an agressive, designing woman and a reluctant husband wooed by trickery won it little favour in earlier centuries, and both directors and critics have frequently tried to avoid or simplify its uncomfortable elements. More recently, several distinguished productions have revealed it as an exceptionally penetrating study of both personal and social issues. In her introduction Susan Snyder makes the play's clashing ideologies of class and gender newly accessible. She explains how the very discords of style can be seen as a source of theatrical power and complexity, and offers a fully reconsidered, helpfully annotated text for both readers and actors.

About William Shakespeare


Susan Snyder is Gil and Frank Mustin Professor of English Literature, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania.

Additional information

GOR002556979
9780192836045
0192836048
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1998-09-10
256
N/A
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