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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... word which could affect the conspirators. Shakespeare has rendered this circumstance literally [II, iv]. . . . There is ... words, more distinctness to her actions, but he could add no further feature of any importance to her character ...
... word which could affect the conspirators. Shakespeare has rendered this circumstance literally [II, iv]. . . . There is ... words, more distinctness to her actions, but he could add no further feature of any importance to her character ...
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... words have undergone, ov'r became o'er, ev'r ere, oth'r or, wheth'r wke'r; and in those dialects which are so intimately connected with our own, as almost to make part of the same language, we find these letters similarly affected. Thus ...
... words have undergone, ov'r became o'er, ev'r ere, oth'r or, wheth'r wke'r; and in those dialects which are so intimately connected with our own, as almost to make part of the same language, we find these letters similarly affected. Thus ...
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... word is illogical and unprecedented. The word in the Folio is merely ceremonie with the superfluous s so constantly added in books of its period. — Craee (143): By ceremonies must here be meant what are afterwards in 1. 79 called ...
... word is illogical and unprecedented. The word in the Folio is merely ceremonie with the superfluous s so constantly added in books of its period. — Craee (143): By ceremonies must here be meant what are afterwards in 1. 79 called ...
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... words have dropped out. 'By reflection, by some other things' is hardly Shakespeare's style. It is not customary with him to employ a word which he finds it necessary thus to attempt immediately to amend, or supplement, or explain by ...
... words have dropped out. 'By reflection, by some other things' is hardly Shakespeare's style. It is not customary with him to employ a word which he finds it necessary thus to attempt immediately to amend, or supplement, or explain by ...
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... word, 109. for] Om. Ff. 115-125. Mnemonic Warb. 116. chafing chafing F2F3. her] his Rowe,+, Varr. Ran. 117. faide] faies F2F3 ... words: 'Did I the tired Caesar,' [1. 131]. — [The above note, with its patronising suggestion of a dramatic ...
... word, 109. for] Om. Ff. 115-125. Mnemonic Warb. 116. chafing chafing F2F3. her] his Rowe,+, Varr. Ran. 117. faide] faies F2F3 ... words: 'Did I the tired Caesar,' [1. 131]. — [The above note, with its patronising suggestion of a dramatic ...
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