Hamlet First Quarto

Author : Terri Bourus
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781800735552

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Shakespeare and the First Hamlet by Terri Bourus Pdf

The first edition of Hamlet – often called ‘Q1’, shorthand for ‘first quarto’ – was published in 1603, in what we might regard as the early modern equivalent of a cheap paperback. Yet this early version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is becoming increasingly canonical, not because there is universal agreement about what it is or what it means, but because more and more Shakespearians agree that it is worth arguing about. The essays in this collected volume explore the ways in which we might approach Q1’s Hamlet, from performance to book history, from Shakespeare’s relationships with his contemporaries to the shape of his whole career.

Author : William Shakespeare,Graham Holderness,Bryan Loughrey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781317867142

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Hamlet - The First Quarto (Sos) by William Shakespeare,Graham Holderness,Bryan Loughrey Pdf

The first in a series on Shakespeare's original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of "Hamlet" is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Included are an introduction, notes, and a theoretical, historical and contextual critique. This text has been rejected by scholars as a "bad Quarto" - corrupt and pirated text printed without the permission of the playwright or his company. Nonetheless, it was the first version of the play to be published and it has been produced in the modern theatre with success. This new edition of that Quarto seeks to acknowledge the play's distinctive poetic and dramatic qualities, instead of comparing them unfavourably to one of the other versions.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1243783877

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Hamlet: the First Quarto, 1603 by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1603
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1001034406

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Hamlet, First Quarto, 1603 by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:N13893930

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Shakspere's Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074917141

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The First Quarto Edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521653908

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The First Quarto of Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf

The first quarto of Hamlet is radically different from the second quarto and Folio versions of the play, and about half their length. But despite its uneven verbal texture and simpler characterisation, the first quarto presents its own workable alternatives to the longer texts, reordering and combining key plot elements, and even including a unique scene between Horatio and the Queen. This new critical edition is designed for students, scholars and actors who are intrigued by the first printed text of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Although the first quarto has been reprinted many times, there is no other modernised edition in print. Irace's introduction outlines views of its origins, its special features, and its surprisingly rich performance history; her textual notes point out differences between the first quarto and the longer second quarto and Folio versions and offer alternatives which actors or directors might choose for specific productions.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 3 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521821216

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The First Quarto of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Pdf

A full edition of the first quarto of Romeo and Juliet (1597), with helpful commentary.

Author : Margrethe Jolly
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476615561

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The First Two Quartos of Hamlet by Margrethe Jolly Pdf

It is nearly two centuries since the first quarto of Hamlet was rediscovered, yet there is still no consensus about its relationship to the second quarto. Indeed, the first quarto, the least frequently read Hamlet, has been dismissed as "corrupt," "inferior" or like "a mutilated corpse," even though in performance it has been described as "the absolute dynamo behind the play." Currently one hypothesis dominates explanations about the quartos' interrelationship, supposing that the first quarto (published 1603) was reconstructed from memory by one or more actors who had performed minor roles in a version of the second quarto (published 1604-5). The present study reports on a detailed linguistic reassessment of the principal arguments for memorial reconstruction. The evidence--including a three way comparison between the underlying French source in Les Histoires Tragiques and the two quartos, and the informal features and specific grammatical aspects, and a documented memorial reconstruction in 1779--does not support the dominant hypothesis. The cumulative evidence suggests that the earliest scholars to examine the first quarto were right: the 1603 Hamlet came first, and the second quarto is a substantial, later revision.

Author : William Shakespeare,Franck G.. Hubbard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:458827232

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The First Quarto Edition of Shakespeare's Hamlet by William Shakespeare,Franck G.. Hubbard Pdf

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474273886

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Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf

This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since its first publication. A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a comprehensive and current critical account of the play, alongside the most reliable and fully-annotated text available.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09-12
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521418186

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The First Quarto of King Richard III by William Shakespeare Pdf

In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes.

Author : Charles Harold Herford,William Henry Widgery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082527709

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The First Quarto Edition of Hamlet, 1603 by Charles Harold Herford,William Henry Widgery Pdf

Author : Ben Crystal,David Crystal
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780141941523

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Shakespeare's Words by Ben Crystal,David Crystal Pdf

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000097595

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Shakespeare's Hamlet by William Shakespeare Pdf