A reader"s edition, modernized language ("you" for "thee," etc.) and glossary for unfamiliar words. As You Like It is an entertainment, with a major plot element being a transgender experience through several acts. In his plays, intentionally or not, Shakespeare reorganized the whole conception of theater, away from the long-held Aristotelean notions of unities and logical sequence from beginning to end. He didn’t do this alone—Elizabethan theater was a product of many hands and minds, as we are reminded in scrambling to attribute this or that play to Shakespeare or others. Play by committee, perhaps? The gender-crossing in As You Like It is essen - tial to the structure of the play, extending from Act Two to Act Five, with deep explorations of what it means to be a woman or a man. I try to keep changes in Shakespeare’s lan - guage to a minimum, just enough to be understood imme diately without stopping to look up obscure words, expressions, or references. Even so, some obscurities may be lost to time or bulky dictionaries.