The Wordsworth Classics'Shakespeare Series, with Henry V and The Merchant of Venice as its inaugural volumes, presents a newlyedited sequence of William Shakespeare's works. Wordsworth Classics are inexpensive paperbacks for students and for the general reader.Each play in the Shakespeare Series is accompanied by a standard apparatus, including an introduction,explanatory notes and a glossary.The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.The apparatus is,however,concise rather than elaborate.We hope that the resultant volumes prove to be handy,reliable andhelpful.Above all,we hope that,from Shakespeare's works,readers will derive pleasure,wisdom,provocation,challenges,and insights:insights into his culture and ours,and into the era of civilisatiorr to which his writings have made - and continue to make - such potently influential contributions.

Editors' Preface

Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

Reading Shakespeare's Language

Shakespeare's Life

Shakespeare's Theater

The Publication of Shakespeare's Plays

An Introduction to This Text

Twelfth Night, or, What You Will

 Text of the Play with Commentary

Textual Notes

Twelfth Night: A Modern Perspective

 by Catherine Belsey

Further Reading

Key to Famous Lines and Phrases