Product Description

A collection of original examples of Shakespeare's unedited writing which show how the capitalisation of words for emphasis and variant spellings which indicated nuances of meaning have been lost from modern versions. The author also includes notes on understanding the significance of the irregularities in their contexts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #523406 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1200 pages

Customer Reviews

a must have for the practitioner and scholar
this is a wonderbook. before this came along, the closest thing to having the complete folio texts cost 150 pounds, and it was in the original typeface - not easy to decipher.this,however, is in modern typeface! it's a miracle. for myself, as a practitioner, it's a little treasure of a book. there are endless clues that the actor or director can choose to act upon to stage the play in question - for example, 'you' and thou or thee' have different connotations, as do capital letters, as do repetition of words, there are spceifically written regional accents in the original text, it's all there..these can add up at a guide to staging a given text direct from the bard himself (well as near as we're ever going to get!). it is also a way of judging how editors have imposed their ideas about the texts on the page down the centuries, it is invaluable for that reason if no other.for myself, i wouldn't be without it: i cannot say i slavishly follow any of the things that the text offers to me as a practitioner (eg the following the verse form in performance always etc etc..) but i do like to have the choices there, and often i will take them: this text gives me more than any other by way of choices. if this is your field, and even if it's not, this is a lovely and practical book to have to hand: and its so CHEAP!