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The First Quarto of King Richard III
Hardback
Main Details
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The First Quarto of King Richard III
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) William Shakespeare
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Edited by Peter Davison
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| Series | The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 159 |
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| Category/Genre | Shakespeare plays |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521418188
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.33 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
4 Tables, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
12 September 1996 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
There are 2,000 verbal differences between the text of the First Quarto of Shakespeare's Richard III (1597) and the version in the First Folio (1623). In this Quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes. Peter Davison argues that Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, used a memorially reconstructed text of Richard III during a touring performance of the play, and that text provided the manuscript for the 1597 Quarto. The result is a breakthrough in textual studies.
Reviews'Peter Davison's edition of Richard III's first quarto is outstanding and important; it is brightly committed, packed with fresh data, and even amusing ... I think this edition, especially for its close, exact data on acting tours, will regard anyone concerned with the Tudor stage ... Altogether this is an exuberant, scholarly, usually compelling, and ground-breaking edition of one of the most intriguing of the Spakespeare quartos.' Notes and Queries
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