Book description
Leaving behind both home and beloved, a young man travels to Milan to
meet his closest friend. Once there, however, he falls in love with his
friend's new sweetheart and resolves to seduce her. Love-crazed and
desperate, he is soon moved to commit cynical acts of betrayal. And
comic scenes involving a servant and his dog enhance the play's
exploration how passion can prove more powerful than even the strongest
loyalty owed to a friend.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and
mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), a
collection of sonnets and a variety of other poems.
Norman Sanders is retired from the position of Professor of
Shakespeare at the University of Tennessee. He has also edited Julius
Caesar in the Penguin Shakespeare series.
Stanley Wells is Emeritus Professor of the University of Birmingham
and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is General Editor
of the Oxford Shakespeare, and his books include Shakespeare: the Poet
and his Plays, Shakespeare: For All Time, Looking for Sex in
Shakespeare, and (with Paul Edmondson) Shakespeare's Sonnets.
