The Tragedie of Julius CaesarThe First Folio of 1623 was prepared for print by two members of Shakespeare's acting troupe -- John Hemings and Henry Condell -- which included comic actor Will Kemp and the great tragedian Richard Burbage. In a fascinating and detailed introduction, Freeman points out that because Shakespeare and his colleagues wrote from a rhetorical tradition -- a society where the emphasis was on the spoken word -- he wrote with an eye to how he wanted his plays performed, giving as much direction as possible to his actors. Freeman looks at what is known of the printing of that First Folio and analyzes the variations between the First Folio, later Folios, Quarto editions (where available) and modern editions of the plays. He examines the "corrections" made by editors over the centuries that have shaped the way we perceive Shakespeare today -- from the regularization of verse, to the changes from prose to verse (and vice versa) and the standardization of character prefixes. |
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... blood-stained mantle by Antony and the frenzy of the people, but does not give the substance of the speech. That Appian's report is authentic is not contended — it was written over two hundred years after the event — it is merely what ...
... blood-stained mantle by Antony and the frenzy of the people, but does not give the substance of the speech. That Appian's report is authentic is not contended — it was written over two hundred years after the event — it is merely what ...
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... blood. ... It is the first muttering of the storm against Caesar; and the spirit of the storm is the veiled figure of the Nemesis of Pompey, justifying the conspiracy that is to be. It is the beginning of the dip of the wave of public ...
... blood. ... It is the first muttering of the storm against Caesar; and the spirit of the storm is the veiled figure of the Nemesis of Pompey, justifying the conspiracy that is to be. It is the beginning of the dip of the wave of public ...
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... blood.' — Jusserand (Literary History, etc., iii, 258) : In this play, as in Coriol., one of the most minutely described personages, if it can be so called, is the People. Shakespeare, who belongs to his time, not to ours, has no ...
... blood.' — Jusserand (Literary History, etc., iii, 258) : In this play, as in Coriol., one of the most minutely described personages, if it can be so called, is the People. Shakespeare, who belongs to his time, not to ours, has no ...
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... blood ? 60 Be gone, Runne to your houfes, fall vpon your knees, Pray to the Gods to intermit the plague That needs ... blood] Herford: That is, his son, Cneius, who had fallen in the battle of Munda, the immediate occasion of Caesar's ...
... blood ? 60 Be gone, Runne to your houfes, fall vpon your knees, Pray to the Gods to intermit the plague That needs ... blood] Herford: That is, his son, Cneius, who had fallen in the battle of Munda, the immediate occasion of Caesar's ...
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