NEW
SWAN
SHAKESPEARE
TWELTH
NIGHT
LONGMAN
GROUP
LIMITED
LONDON
FIRST
PUBLISHED
1959
SECOND
EDITION
1965
NEW
IMPRESSIONS
1966
TWICE
1967,69+72
THE
PURPOSE
OF
THIS
BOOK
IS
TO
GIVE
AND
EXPLAIN
,
IN
THE
SIMPLIST
WAY,
THE
TEXT
OF
ONE
OF
SHAKESPEARS
PLAYS.
THE
TEXT
ITSELF
IS
COMPLETE:NOTES
AND
A
GLOSSARY
HAVE
BEEN
ADDED
TO
HELP
THE
READER
TO
UNDERSTAND
THE
PLAY
,
A
SECTION
GIVING
HINTS
TO
EXAMINATION
CANDIDATES
HAS
BEEN
INCLUDED
AT
THE
END
OF
THE
BOOK.
TO
GET
THE
GREATEST
PLEASURE
FROM
IT
,
HE
WILL
NEED
TO
LEARN
SOMETHING
ABOUT
THE
BACKGROUND
OF
THE
PLAY
AND
IT,S
AGE-AND
PERHAPS
ABOUT
SHAKESPEARE
HIMSELF
,
FOR
EXAMPLE
OR
ABOUT
DRAMA,S
AS
AN
ART
-
BUT
HIS
FIRST
DUTY
IS
TO
UNDERSTAND
WHAT
THE
CHARACTERS
ARE
SAYING
AND
DOING
,
AND
WHY
THEY
SAY
AND
DO
THESE
THINGS.
FAIR
CONDITION
WELL
USED
READABLE
BUT
AN
OLD
BOOK