THE FIRST QUARTO OF ROMEO AND JULIET by Lukas Erne (Editor) ( 9780521178266 )

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Title:

THE FIRST QUARTO OF ROMEO AND JULIET

By:

Lukas Erne (Editor)

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Paperback

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0521178266

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9780521178266

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

2 June, 2011

Series:

The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos

Pages:

212

Description:

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

Synopsis:

Two different versions of Romeo and Juliet were published during Shakespeare's lifetime: the second quarto of 1599, on which modern editions are usually based, and the first quarto of 1597. The latter version was long denigrated as a 'bad' quarto', but recent scholarship sees in it a crucial witness for the theatrical practices of Shakespeare and his company. The shorter of the two versions by about one quarter, the first quarto has high-paced action, fuller stage directions than the second quarto, and fascinating alternatives to the famous speeches in the longer version. The introduction to this edition provides a full discussion of the origins of the first quarto, before analysing its distinguishing features and presenting a concise history of the 1597 version. The text is provided with a full collation and commentary which alert the reader to crucial differences between the first and the second quartos.

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Cambridge University Press

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