HamletThis edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. G.R. Hibbard argues, in a substantial introduction, that the presently accepted text is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play. Instead, he turns to the First Folio of 1623, Shakespeare's "fair copy" of the play that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. This revision of the play is more "theatrical" in the best sense of that word--it provides, as Shakespeare intended, a better, more practical acting script. Such changes as the omission of Horatio's account of the omens preceding Caesar's assassination, and Hamlet's on the drunkenness of Danes, give the play new momentum, and lend credence to Hibbard's claim that the familiar conflated text of Hamlet is a much more "problematic" play than it appears to have been in the First Folio. |
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... come in an other man Q2 126.7 and ] F ; not in Q2 exits ] F ; leaues him Q2 126.9 and makes ] F ; makes Q2 with some two or three Mutes , comes in again. Show of how happy . King & Queen were together 124 he ] F ; a Q2 124-5 suffer not ...
... come in an other man Q2 126.7 and ] F ; not in Q2 exits ] F ; leaues him Q2 126.9 and makes ] F ; makes Q2 with some two or three Mutes , comes in again. Show of how happy . King & Queen were together 124 he ] F ; a Q2 124-5 suffer not ...
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... comes ] F ; three or foure come Q2 126.10-11 seeming to lament ] F ; seeme to condole Q2 126.12-13 loath and unwilling ] F ; harsh Q2 126.13 his ] F ; not in Q2 128 this is ] FQI ; this Q2 miching malicho ] F ( Miching Malicho ) ...
... comes ] F ; three or foure come Q2 126.10-11 seeming to lament ] F ; seeme to condole Q2 126.12-13 loath and unwilling ] F ; harsh Q2 126.13 his ] F ; not in Q2 128 this is ] FQI ; this Q2 miching malicho ] F ( Miching Malicho ) ...
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... comes , 4.5.135 come your ways , 1.3.135 comedy , 3.2.276 comes by cause , 2.2.103 comfort , sb . 1.2.116 comma , 5.2.43 commedled , 3.2.64 commend , 1.2.39 ; 5.2.143 commendable , 1.2.87 comment , sb . 3.2.74 commerce , 3.1.110 ...
... comes , 4.5.135 come your ways , 1.3.135 comedy , 3.2.276 comes by cause , 2.2.103 comfort , sb . 1.2.116 comma , 5.2.43 commedled , 3.2.64 commend , 1.2.39 ; 5.2.143 commendable , 1.2.87 comment , sb . 3.2.74 commerce , 3.1.110 ...
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