Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.
While offering broad comedy, Twelfth Night teasingly probes gender-roles and sexual ambiguities..
Meanwhile, in the comic sub-plot, Sir Toby Belch and his companions outwit the vain Malvolio, who is ludicrously humiliated.
Both Olivia and Orsino are attracted to Viola, who is disguised as a young man; and Viola\'s brother, Sebastian, finds that he is loved not only by Antonio but also by Olivia.
The main plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love.
Variously melancholy, lyrical, joyous and farcical, Twelfth Night has long been a popular comedy with Shakespearian audiences.
The textual editing takes account of recent scholarship while giving the material a careful reappraisal.
The Wordsworth Classics\' Shakespeare\'s Series presents a newly-edited sequence of William Shakespeare\'s works.
Edited, Introduced and Annotated by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex
