Complete WorksFROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES. Skillfully assembled by Shakespeare's fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations. Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century. Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike. |
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... Signior Leonato be her father , she would not have his head on her shoulders for all Messina , as like him as she is . BEATRICE you . Don Pedro and Leonato talk aside I wonder that you will still be talking , Signior Benedick : nobody ...
... Signior Baptista , will you be so strange ? Sorry am I that our good will effects Bianca's grief . GREMIO Why will you mew her up , Signior Baptista , for this fiend of hell , And make her bear the penance of her tongue ? BAPTISTA ...
... Signior Baptista ! He beats Biondello [ Exit ] [ Exit from above ] 45 They stand aside 50 555 55 60 65 70 PETRUCHIO Prithee , Kate , let's stand aside and see the end of this controversy . Enter Pedant [ below ] with servants , Baptista ...
Contents
Contents | vii |
Users Guide | lix |
Foreword by Michael Boyd Artistic Director Royal | lxxxiii |
Copyright | |
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