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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... thoughts of love , May sweep to my revenge . 18 knotty ] F ; knotted Q201 20 fretful ] FQI ; fearefull Q2 20 30 22 ... thought ' was proverbial ( Tilley T240 ) . 31 apt quick to take the right impression 32-3 duller ... wharf It is not ...
... thoughts of love , May sweep to my revenge . 18 knotty ] F ; knotted Q201 20 fretful ] FQI ; fearefull Q2 20 30 22 ... thought ' was proverbial ( Tilley T240 ) . 31 apt quick to take the right impression 32-3 duller ... wharf It is not ...
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... thoughts , Which , as her winks and nods and gestures yield them , Indeed would make one think there might be thought , Though nothing sure , yet much unhappily . GERTRUDE " Twere good she were spoken with , for she may strew Dangerous ...
... thoughts , Which , as her winks and nods and gestures yield them , Indeed would make one think there might be thought , Though nothing sure , yet much unhappily . GERTRUDE " Twere good she were spoken with , for she may strew Dangerous ...
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... Thought and affliction ] F ; Thought and afflictions Q2 ; FQI ; may Q2 Thoughts & afflictions QI 190 , 191 he ] FQI ; a Q2 maidens , they wish wantonly ; while they are wives they will wilfully ; while they are widows , they would ...
... Thought and affliction ] F ; Thought and afflictions Q2 ; FQI ; may Q2 Thoughts & afflictions QI 190 , 191 he ] FQI ; a Q2 maidens , they wish wantonly ; while they are wives they will wilfully ; while they are widows , they would ...
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