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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... lines: 'Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause Will he be satisfied ... line ever existed as quoted by Jonson, it is not so widely inconsistent with ... present play, pleasurably few in number. In the Appendix will be found a ...
... lines: 'Know, Caesar doth not wrong, nor without cause Will he be satisfied ... line ever existed as quoted by Jonson, it is not so widely inconsistent with ... present play, pleasurably few in number. In the Appendix will be found a ...
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... present line Gentleman remarks: 'Though ludicrous characters appear very incompatible with tragedy, yet the mob, in this historical piece, are natural, justifiable, and exceedingly well supported; several characters, to reduce an ...
... present line Gentleman remarks: 'Though ludicrous characters appear very incompatible with tragedy, yet the mob, in this historical piece, are natural, justifiable, and exceedingly well supported; several characters, to reduce an ...
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... line stands thus, 'and hii that hahteghelden'= and they ought yield that. ... On the other hand, we find in the ... present tense, but ought, though properly past, is used also as a present, like wot and must. On this irregularity in the ...
... line stands thus, 'and hii that hahteghelden'= and they ought yield that. ... On the other hand, we find in the ... present tense, but ought, though properly past, is used also as a present, like wot and must. On this irregularity in the ...
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... present occasion as a festival. I am inclined to agree with Marshall that this line does not refer to any regulation of the mediaeval guilds. The following account of these associations is abridged from Toulmin-Smith's exhaustive ...
... present occasion as a festival. I am inclined to agree with Marshall that this line does not refer to any regulation of the mediaeval guilds. The following account of these associations is abridged from Toulmin-Smith's exhaustive ...
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... line Rowe et seq. 46. you] ye Var. '73. 41. Conqueft] conquests Pope ii ... lines are among the most magnificent in the English language. They roll over my ... present century? (I learnt it at school.) In Heber's Palestine it must be ...
... line Rowe et seq. 46. you] ye Var. '73. 41. Conqueft] conquests Pope ii ... lines are among the most magnificent in the English language. They roll over my ... present century? (I learnt it at school.) In Heber's Palestine it must be ...
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