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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Page 114
... example , of the two ambassadors , Voltemand and Cornelius , in the direction that opens 1.2 , though they must be present under one or the other of the two umbrellas ' Counsaile ' and ' Alijs ' . F , however , postponing their entry to ...
... example , of the two ambassadors , Voltemand and Cornelius , in the direction that opens 1.2 , though they must be present under one or the other of the two umbrellas ' Counsaile ' and ' Alijs ' . F , however , postponing their entry to ...
Page 123
... examples from Q2 , has three right and one , ' talke ' for ' Tale ' , wrong . Compositor B supplies the correct reading ... example , Compositor I set ' The vertue of his feare : but you must feare ' , instead of Q2's ' The vertue of his ...
... examples from Q2 , has three right and one , ' talke ' for ' Tale ' , wrong . Compositor B supplies the correct reading ... example , Compositor I set ' The vertue of his feare : but you must feare ' , instead of Q2's ' The vertue of his ...
Page 185
... example of what Schmidt , with specific reference to these and other passages , calls ' the accusative of space ' . II to fast The notion that both in hell and in purgatory the punishment was made to fit the sin was widespread . See ...
... example of what Schmidt , with specific reference to these and other passages , calls ' the accusative of space ' . II to fast The notion that both in hell and in purgatory the punishment was made to fit the sin was widespread . See ...
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