This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• The First Folio (1623) text of Twelfth Night, with annotations and marginal glosses.


• Natasha Korda's expert introduction and list of textual edits made to the Folio text for this edition.


• "Intertexts," a rich selection of ancient and Renaissance works in conversation with Twelfth Night's themes of disguised identity, gender fluidity, and fictive letter-writing.


• Nine illustrations, ranging from a painting alluded to in the text to photographs from modern stagings.


• Twenty-three critical interpretations of and responses to the play, tracing its reception and critical history from early performances to modern adaptations.


• "Adaptations and Appropriations" and "Interviews," sections that explore the play's various re-imaginings.


• A selected bibliography and filmography.