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EditionsPlays marked
with an asterisk
(*) appeared in
print
for the first
time
in the First
Folio of 1623.
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 All's Well That Ends Well*
HTML Editions
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from The Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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All's Well, that Ends Well, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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All's well that ends well, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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All's well that ends well, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Antony and Cleopatra*
(1606-1608)
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Antony and Cleopatra (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
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The Tragedie of Anthonie, and Cleopatra in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Anthony, and Cleopatra, in the Second
Folio of 1632 (Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by theState Library of New
South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra, in the Third Folio
of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of
New South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra, in the Fourth
Folio of 1685 (Herringman) from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of
New South Wales.
As You Like It*
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
As You Like It (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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As
you Like it, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and
Blount), from The Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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As you Like it, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and
Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial
(Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text
& Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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As you Like it, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
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As you Like it, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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As you Like it, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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As you like it, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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As you like it, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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As you like it, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimiles of 19th Century editions:
The Comedy of Errors*
HTML Editions
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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The
Comedie of Errors, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and
Blount), from The Rare Book Room (Octavo)
from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial
(Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text &
Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria)
from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria)
from a volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Comedie of Errors, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The Comedy of Errors, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Coriolanus*
(1608)
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Coriolanus (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from The Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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The Tragedie of Coriolanus, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimile editions of 17th century revisions of the
play:
Cymbeline*
HTML Editions
- An original spelling transcription of
Cymbeline (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from the
folios.
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The Tragedie of Cymbeline, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from The Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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The Tragedie of Cymbeline, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The Tragedie of Cymbeline, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
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The Tragedie of Cymbeline, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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The Tragedie of Cymbeline, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Tragedy of Cymbeline, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Cymbeline, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Tragedy of Cymbeline, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Other Versions
Hamlet
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Hamlet (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic Text
Center, University of Virginia Library.
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The Enfolded
Hamlet. Jump to the play or its various enfolded versions from the
introduction.
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HamletWorks.org "offers deep levels of information on Hamlet
and related works for scholars, students, theater practitioners, and
fans."
- The 1603 'bad quarto' edition of Hamlet
in HTML transcription
from the University of Virginia.
- The 1604
quarto edition, in HTML transcription also from UV.
- The 1623
First Folio text of Hamlet in transcription
from UV.
- Athena Ophelia page.
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Hamletworks.org "offers deep levels of information on
Hamlet and related works for scholars, students, theater
practitioners, and fans."b
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Hyperhamlet.
A truly amazing site from the University of Basel. ""Hyperhamlet"
is a new project at the University of Basel, a database that collects
and orders references to Hamlet in all areas of culture. Who
quoted Hamlet? Which passages were most popular when? Etc. It is based
on the conviction that we need a cultural history of Shakespeare's
plays, and that in studying the status and the meaning of a play we
should not entirely rely on criticism and performance history." It
took literally just seconds to determine that "Hoist with his own
petard" is quoted in Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth, wit.h the
appropriate references. If you do not think that is breathtaking,
you probably should not be using this web site, or perhaps any web site.
Electronic facsimile editions of early (17th
century) quartos and
folios.
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The
1603 1st quarto of Hamlet from the British Library,
another version of the same from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
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A mirror of the
1603
1st quarto from the
Internet Shakespeare Editions, using the ISE navigation tools,
from the volume held by the British Library.
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The
1604 2nd quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
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The
1605 2nd variant quarto of Hamlet from the British
Library, and
the
same from the Rare Book Room (Octavo), and
the same from Internet Shakespeare Editions..
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The
1611 3rd quarto of Hamlet, originally in the
possession of Garrick and
another of the same of unknown provenance, both from the
British Library. Here is another version of the
3rd
quarto from the Rare Book Room (Octavo), and
yet
another, and
another.
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The
1611
3rd quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book Room from a
volume held by The Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford.
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The
1611
3rd quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book Room from a
volume held by the University of Edinburgh Library.
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The
1611 3rd quarto of The tragedy of Hamlet, Prince
of Denmarke, from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The
1622 4th quarto of Hamlet, originally in the
possession of Garrick, and
another of the same originally in the possession of George
III, both from the British Library, and yet
another version of the same from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
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The
1637 5th quarto of Hamlet from the British Library,
and
another version of the same from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
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The
1637
5th quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book Room from a
copy held by the University of Edinburgh Library.
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The
1637
5th quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book room from a
copy held by The Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford, and
another from the same source held by the same library.
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The
1637
5th quarto of Hamlet from the Rare Book Room from a
copy held by the National Library of Scotland.
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The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
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The Tragedie of Hamlet,
Prince of Denmarke in the First Folio of 1623
from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library, SCETI,
University of Pennsylvania.
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The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
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The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
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The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark,
in the Third Folio of 1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in the Fourth Folio of 1685
(Herringman) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
Electronic facsimile editions of 17th Century revisions of the
play:
Electronic facsimiles of 18th Century editions of the play.
Electronic facsimiles of 19th Century revisions of the play:
- Poole, John, 1786?-1872.
Hamlet travestie : in three acts, 1810, (Poole's Hamlet
Travestie), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial
(Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text &
Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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Hamlet, 1860 (Forrest's Hamlet Promptbook), from a
volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library
from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI),
University of Pennsylvania.
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Shakespeare's tragedy of Hamlet, 1879, (Edwin Booth's
Promptbook of Hamlet), from a volume held by the Horace Howard
Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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Hamlet : a tragedy in five acts, by William Shakespeare, as arranged for
the stage by Henry Irving, 1879, (Irving's Hamlet), from a
volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library
from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI),
University of Pennsylvania.
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Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, as arranged for the stage by Forbes
Robertson..., 1897, (Forbes Robertson's Hamlet), from
a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare)
Library from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI),
University of Pennsylvania.
Performances
- The Derry Film Initiative video production of
Hamlet, from Google Video (1 hr. 33 min.). "The
Derry Film Initiative's HAMLET is a vigorous, dynamic and modern
reinvention of one of literature's greatest works. Drawing upon the
Northern Ireland conflict and using the conventions of the
documentary film to give a first-hand, visceral experience, HAMLET
is not only a psychological thriller about one man's quest for
revenge, but also a meditation on politics, war and the very nature
of life and death."
Henry
IV, Part 1
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Henry IV, Part One (1623 First Folio Edition) Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic Facsimile Editions of early quartos and
folios.
 Henry
IV, Part 1 was entered in the Stationers' Register
February 25, 1598 (NS):
Andrew Wise.] A booke
entitled the Historye of Henry the Fourth, with his
Battaile at Shrewsburye against Henry Hottspurre of the
Northe with the conceipted Mirth of Sir John Falstalffe
The first quarto was not
actually the first quarto. There survives an 8-page
fragment (quire C) of the play designated Q0, without date,
upon which Q1 is based. Q1 is dated 1598 and appeared
with the following title:
The history of Henrie the
Fourth; with the battell at Shrewsburie, betweene the
King and Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henrie Hotspur of
the north. With the humorous conceits of Sir Iohn
Falstalffe [sic].
At London: printed by P. S. [Peter Short] for Andrew
Wise, dwelling in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the
Angell, 1598.
Q1 was reprinted in 1599 and
designated "Newly corrected
by W. Shake-speare.
", but there are only
very small differences between Q1 and Q2. Other
quartos appeared in 1604, 1608, 1613, and 1622, testifying
to the popularity of the play. The text of the First
Folio (F1) is set from Q5 (1613) with the oaths removed.
The play was probably
written at the end of 1596 or very early 1597. It is
most likely that Henry IV, Part 1 was composed without
reference to a part 2, and that part 2 was written to build
on the success of part 1. |
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1598 1st quarto of Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library, and
another copy of the same from the Internet Shakespeare
editions.
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The
1599 2nd quarto of The History of Henrie the fourth, with the
battle at Shrewsburie... from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a
volume held by The Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford.
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1599 2nd quarto of
Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library originally possessed by Garrick,
and another originally possessed by George III.
- Another copy of the
1599
quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the National
Library of Scotland.
- The
1604 3rd quarto of Henry IV, Part 1, from the Rare
Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford.
-
1608 4th quarto of
Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library.
- Another copy of the
1608
quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book Room (Octavo)
from a volume held by the National Library
of Scotland.
- The
1608
4th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library, University of
Oxford.
- Two examples of the 1613 5th quarto of Henry IV,
Pt. 1, from the British Library, both originally possessed by
Halliwell-Phillipps:
1
2.
Other copies of these quartos from the Rare Book Room (Octavo):
1
2.
- The
1613 5th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1622 6th quarto of
Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library.
Another copy of this quarto from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
- The
1622
6th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1622
6th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
University of Edinburgh Library.
- The
1632 7th quarto of
Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library.
Another copy of this quarto from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
- The
1632
7th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
University of Edinburgh Library.
- The
1632
7th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare
Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
University of Edinburgh Library.
- The
1639 8th quarto of
Henry IV, Pt. 1, from the British
Library.
Another copy of this quarto from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo).
- The
1639
8th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo) from a volume held by
National Library of Scotland.
- The
1639 8th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the
Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1639
8th quarto of Henry IV, Part 1 from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
University of Edinburgh Library.
- The
1639 8th quarto of The historie of Henry the
Fourth : vvith the battell at Shrewsbury, betweene the King, and
Lord Henry Percy, surnamed Henry Hotspur of the North. With the
humorous conceits of Sir Iohn Falstaffe, from a volume held by
the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-Spurre, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from The Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-Spurre,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-Spurre,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from
the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts
University, from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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The
first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-Spurre,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from
Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume
held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-spurre, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The First Part of Henry the Fourth, with the Life and Death of Henry
Sirnamed Hot-spurre, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The First Part of Henry IV, with the Life and Death of Henry,
Sirnamed Hot-Spur, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimiles of modern (usually nineteenth century or
later) printed editions, now in the public domain.
Henry IV, Part 2
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Henry IV, Part Two (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic Facsimile Editions of early quartos and
folios.
 Henry
IV, Part 2 was entered in the Stationers' Register,
along with Much Ado About Nothing, on August 23,
1600:
Aug. 23, 1600.
And. Wise, and Wm. Aspley.] Muche Adoe about Nothinge...
Second Part of the History of King Henry the Fourth,
with the Humors of Sir John Fallstaff, written by Mr.
SHAKESPERE
It was printed in the same
year (quarto a) with the following title page:
The second part of Henrie
the fourth, continuing to his death, and coronation of
Henrie the fift. With the humours of Sir Iohn Falstaffe,
and swaggering Pistoll. As it hath been sundrie times
publikely acted by the Right Honourable, the Lord
Chamberlaine his seruants. Written by William
Shakespeare.
London: printed by V. S. [Valentine Simmes] for Andrew
Wise, and William Aspley, 1600.
It was reprinted in the same
year (quarto b) with act III scene i added, which had been
omitted from the first printing. It was not printed
again until the First Folio, which must have been type set
from an original manuscript since the Folio version contains
passages not contained in either early quarto. It is
speculated that the passages removed from the early
printings were politically sensitive, in view of the
strained relationships between the court and the Essex
factions in 1600, and that they were removed at the behest
of the censor. Indeed,
the Essex revolt occurred early the next year, in which
Shakespeare's company played their small, though thankfully
forgivable, part. The Folio text also was edited to
cut the oaths, in observance of the act of parliament of
1606 forbidding the use of the names of the deity, an act
which also required heavy cutting of Henry IV, Part 1.
Between the quarto and folio texts a full text is available
which must reflect Shakespeare's manuscript, or at least the
company's prompt version. Henry IV, Part 2
obviously feeds on the popularity of Part 1, but it is not
known whether it was written before or after The Merry
Wives of Windsor. If before, it was probably
written in late 1596; if after, in mid- to late 1597.
The illustration above is
from the Chalmers edition, 1805, an engraving by James
Neagle on a design by Henry Fuseli. |
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The
1600 (a) quarto of Henry IV, Pt. 2, from the British
Library.
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The
1600 (b) quarto of Henry IV, Pt. 2, from the British
Library originally possessed by Garrick,
and another originally possessed by George III.
-
Another copy of the
1600
quarto of Henry IV, Part 2 from the Rare Book Room (Octavo)
from a volume held by the British Library; and yet
another.
-
The
quarto of 1600 of The Second parte of Henrie the fourth
continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift, from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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The
1600 quarto of Henry IV, Part 2 from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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The
1600
quarto of The Second parte of Henrie the fourth
continuing to his death, and coronation of Henrie the fift, from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
National Library of Scotland.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, Containing His Death : and the
Coronation of King Henry the Fift, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Second Part of Henry IV, Containing His Death : and Coronation
of Henry V, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimiles of modern (usually nineteenth century or
later) printed editions, now in the public domain.
Henry V (1599)
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Henry V (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions of early quartos and
folios.
Henry V is one of the few plays by Shakespeare
that can be reliably dated. The prologue to act V
(ll30-34) reads:
Were now the general of our gracious empress,
As in good time he may, from Ireland coming,
Bringing rebellion broached on his sword,
How many would the peaceful city quit,
To welcome him!
 The
general is, of course Essex, who left London on March 27,
1599 on his Irish campaign. After his disastrous
management of the campaign, he returned to England
precipitously, and ill advisedly, on September 28, 1599.
The play must have been finished during this period.
It is also worth noting that the play is not mentioned in
Francis Meres' list of Shakespeare's plays in
Palladis
Tamia, published autumn 1598. It is often
thought that "this wooden O" in the opening prologue refers
to the newly erected Globe on the Bankside. If one
accepts
Sohmer's arguments for opening day of the Globe being 12
June, 1599, it may well be that Henry V was one of the first
plays presented there. Early Spring-Summer, 1599,
then, is a fairly certain date for this plays composition.
The play was first entered in the Stationers' Register by
the printer James Roberts along with Much Ado About
Nothing, As You Like It, and Every Man In His
Humour on August 4, 1600, with a notation that it is "to
be staid." It is believed that this was a measure
taken to attempt to block the printing of the plays without
permission. Nevertheless, the play was printed in an
unauthorized quarto in 1600.
The cronicle history of
Henry the fift, with his battell fought at Agin Court in
France. Togither with Auntient Pistoll. As it hath bene
sundry times playd by the Right Honorable the Lord
Chamberlaine his seruants.
London: printed by Thomas Creede, for Tho. Millington,
and Iohn Busby. And are to be sold at his house in
Carter Lane, next the Powle head, 1600.
The first quarto is a corrupt version of the text of the
First Folio, and it is believed it is a memorial
reconstruction of a shortened acting version of the play.
This text was reissued in 1602 as the second quarto, and
again in 1619 by Pavier and Jaggard, falsely dated 1608, as
the third quarto. The First Folio text, therefore,
which must be based on Shakespeare's manuscript, is the
authoritative text for the play. |
- The
1600 1st quarto of Henry V from the British Library.
Another
copy of the 1600 1st quarto from the Rare Book Room of the copy
held by the British Library.
- The
1600
1st quarto of Henry V from the Rare Book Room (Octavo)
from a volume held by The Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford.
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An electronic facsimile edition of the 1619 (dated 1608) 3rd Quarto edition of
Henry V
from the Furness Shakespeare Library.
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The
1619 3rd quarto (dated 1608) of Henry V from the British
Library originally possessed by Garrick,
and another originally possessed by George III. Copies of
these quartos are also available from the Rare Book Room (Octavo):
Garrick
George
III.
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The
1619 3rd quarto (dated 1608) of The Chronicle
History of Henry the Fift, with his battell fought at Agin Court in
France. Together with Ancient Pistoll, from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by National Library
of Scotland. Owned initially by the great Shakespeare editor
George Stevens (1736–1800); then Richard Forster; then John Stuart,
first Marquiss of Bute. The Bute collection was eventually (1956)
purchased by the National Library of Scotland.
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The
1619 3rd quarto (dated 1608) of Henry V from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the
University of Edinburgh Library. The
volume had been owned by Edward Capell, then by J. O.
Halliwell-Phillipps, who gave it to the University Library.
- The
1619 3rd quarto (dated 1608) of Henry V from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1619 3rd quarto (dated 1608) of The chronicle history of
Henry the fift : with his battell fought at Agin Court in France :
together with ancient pistoll : as it hath bene sundry times played by
... the Lord Chamberlaine his seruants from a volume held by the
Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
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The Life of Henry the Fift, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
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The Life of Henry the Fift,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by
the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
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The Life of Henry the Fift,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus
Garner, part of the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a
volume held by Brandeis University Library.
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The Life of Henry the Fift,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet
Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
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The Life of Henry the Fift,
in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet
Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the
State Library of New South Wales.
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The Life of Henry the Fift,
in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
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The Life of King Henry the Fifth, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
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The Life of King Henry V, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Henry VI, Part 1*
HTML Editions
Electronic facsimile editions of early
folios.
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The first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
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The
first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The
first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The
first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
-
The
first Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
The First Part of Henry the Sixt,
in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The first Part of King Henry the Sixth, in the Third
Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of
New South Wales.
-
The First Part of King Henry VI, in the Fourth Folio of
1685 (Herringman) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
Henry VI, Part 2
HTML Editions
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An original spelling transcription of
Henry VI, Part Two (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
 Electronic Facsimile Editions of early quartos and
folios.
-
The
first part of the Contention of the two famous Houses of Yorke and
Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey,
1594, Q1, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
-
The
first part of the Contention of the two famous Houses of Yorke and
Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey,
1600, Q2, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
-
The
first part of the Contention of the two famous Houses of Yorke and
Lancaster, with the death of the good Duke Humphrey,
1600, Q2, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.
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The
1619 3rd quarto of Henry VI, Parts 2 & 3, from the British
Library originally possessed by Garrick,
and another originally possessed by George III. These
were issued by Pavier in 1619.
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The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster
and Yorke, 1619 (Pavier). This was Pavier's issue
of Henry VI, Part 2 and Henry VI, Part 3 together under a single
title, from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) which is another copy held
by the British Library. This was the copy owned by George III.
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The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster
and Yorke, bound with Pericles, Prince of Tyre 1619
(Pavier). This was Pavier's issue of Henry VI, Part 2
and Henry VI, Part 3 together under a single title and also bound
with Pericles, Prince of Tyre, from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) which is another copy held by the British Library. There
are extremely rare examples of the so-called "Pavier collection"
(ten plays printed by Thomas Pavier in 1619, then re-issued with
false or no dates individually thereafter, containing all ten plays:
actually eight by Shakespeare, Henry V, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3
(these two combined as a single play titled The Whole Contention between
the Two Famous Houses, Lancaster and York), A Midsummer Night's Dream,
The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, King
Lear, Pericles, and two apocryphal plays attributed to
Shakespeare, A Yorkshire Tragedy and Sir John Oldcastle--bound
together in a single volume.
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The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster
and Yorke, 1619, Pavier, from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the University of Edinburgh Library,
given to the library by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
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The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster
and Yorke, 1619, Pavier, from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by the National Library of Scotland.
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The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster
and Yorke, Part 1, 1619, Pavier, from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian Library, University of
Oxford.
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The whole contention (1619) part 1: the first part of the contention
of the two famous Houses of York and Lancaster, with the death of
the good Duke Humfrey; the third quarto, 1619 (Q1 having been
revized by Shakspere, Marlowe, and Greene into "The second part of
Henry the sixt") A facsimile (1886), by Charles
Praetorius, forward by Frederick Furnivall, from the Internet
Archive.
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The second Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The
second Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The
second Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
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The
second Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
-
The
second Part of Henry the Sixt, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, with the death of the Good Duke
Humfrey, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, With the Death of the Good
Duke Humphrey, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
-
The Second Part of King Henry VI, With the Death of the Good Duke
Humphrey, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman) from
Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume
held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Henry VI, Part 3
HTML Editions
Henry VIII* (Shakespeare and Fletcher)
HTML Editions
- An original spelling transcription of
Henry VIII (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
- HTML version of
Henry VIII
from MIT.
Electronic Facsimile Editions of early
folios.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight,
in the Second Folio of 1632 (Cotes
and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Famous History of King Henry the Eighth, in the
Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, in
the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman) from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
Julius Caesar*
(1599)
Julius Caesar was
printed for the first time in the First Folio of 1623. Later folio
editions introduce minor variations but do not change the text in any
significant way. There are no quarto editions. I have
presented HTML editions; scanned facsimile editions from the Folios;
scanned editions from modern books (but not too modern, since I only
present complete or "full view" editions containing text of the entire
play, often with editorial introductions, notes, glosses, and so forth;
plain text editions; and "other" editions, distinguished by some odd or
interesting feature. Many HTML editions are based on the "Complete
Moby Shakespeare," from Moby Lexical Services. I have only
included representative copies of this version since it is so common.
I have also not included version oh advertising.
In fact, a bare minimum of tasteful advertising, if any, is a strong
qualifier on what is included among the selections.
HTML editions
- Original
spelling transcription of the
First
Folio version with
scene navigation, from
Internet Shakespeare
Editions.
- Original
spelling transcription of the
First
Folio version with
act navigation from the etext center at the University of
Virginia.
- HTML
Julius
Caesar from Renascence
Editions, a copy of the
University of Adelaide mirror of the ERIS Project
plain text edition.
- HTML Globe
edition of
Julius Caesar from the Perseus Project, Tufts
University. The Globe Shakespeare is "the
one-volume version of the great Cambridge Shakespeare
(1891-3) edited by
W. G. Clark, J. Glover, and W. A. Wright.
The Cambridge
Shakespeare was the reference edition well into the
twentieth century, and many important works of scholarship are
keyed to it" (from the
Perseus Project web site).
- Julius Caesar
from the 1914 Oxford Shakespeare, W. J. Craig, ed., at
bartleby.com.
-
Julius Caesar from the collected works at MIT (known as
the Moby Shakespeare).
-
Julius Caesar from the
etext center at the
University of Virginia HTML edition based on the Moby Lexical
project, in turn based on the Globe edition.
- The HTML
version from Matty Farrow's collected works at the
University of Sydney.
-
Julius Caesar from the Open Source Shakespeare.
- Julius Caesar from PlayShakespeare.com.
-
Another version based on the Moby Shakespeare from the
Pasadena Shakespeare Company.
-
Julius Caesar, an HTML version of plain text from the
eServer Drama Collection.
- HTML editions of the plain text
version from Project Gutenberg.
Electronic facsimile editions from the Folios:
-
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
First Folio version
from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI) at the University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
-
The Tragedie of Julius Caesar, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
First Folio version from the copy held by the State
Library of New South Wales via
Internet Shakespeare
Editions.
- Reduced size facsimile of the
First Folio version of Julius Caesar published by J. O.
Halliwell-Phillips in 1887 (Funk & Wagnalls, 399 pages) from
Google Book Search,
full view and PDF, scanned from the Harvard University
Library.
-
Second Folio version in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
Third Folio version (1664)
in the copy held by the
State Library of New South Wales via
Internet Shakespeare
Editions.
-
Fourth Folio version (1685)
in the copy held by the
State Library of New South Wales via
Internet Shakespeare
Editions.
Electronic facsimile editions from modern books:
-
Julius Caesar,
ed. Edward Everett Hale, Newson & co., 1902, from
Google Book Search, full view and PDF.
-
Julius Caesar, The New Hudson Shakespeare, ed. E. C. Black, Ginn
& Co., 1908, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 174 pages.
-
Julius Caesar, ed. A. H. Tolman, Globe School Book Co., 1901,
from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 151 pages.
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Julius Caesar, ed. W. A. Wright, Clarendon Press, 1887, from
Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 203 pages.
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The Arden Shakespeare, ed. A. D.
Innes, D. C. Heath & Co., 1915, from Google Book Search, full view and
PDF, 190 pages.
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Shakespeare's Tragedy of Julius Caesar, ed. W. J. Rolfe,
American Book Co., 1900, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 199
pages.
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Shakespere's Julius Caesar, Longmans' English Classics, ed. G.
C. D. Odell, Longmans, Green & Co., 1900 from Google Book Search, full
view and PDF, 161pages.
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Julius Caesar, Gateway Series, ed. H. W. Mabie, American Book
Co., 1905, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 153 pages.
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, ed. William Strunk,
D. C. Heath and Co., 1915, from Google Book Search, full view
and PDF, 190 pages.
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Julius Caesar, French's Acting Edition No. 596, from the
Internet Archive.
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Julius Caesar in J. P. Collier's 1853 collected edition
from Google Book Search, full view and PDF.
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Julius Caesar in
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare with Dr. Johnson's
Preface, ed. William Harness, Henry A. Sumner & Co.,
1882, from Google Book Search, full view and PDF, 926 pages.
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Julius Caesar in
The Complete Works of William Shakeseare, ed. G. L.
Duyckinck, Porter and Coats, 1869, in Google Book Search, full
view and PDF, 968 pages.
Plain text editions
- Plain text, Plain text zipped, and Plucker
format downloadable files containing the text of
Julius Caesar
from Project Gutenberg.
- The plain text "Hudson
Edition" from Project Gutenberg.
- The plain text "World
Library Edition" from Project Gutenberg.
- The plain text "First
Folio" transcription from Project Gutenberg.
"Other" editions:
- A paraphrase edition by Kathy Livingston.
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Julius Caesar for Young Readers and Amateur Players,
Doubleday, 1912, from Google Book Search, full view.
-
Audio excerpts from Julius Caesar from Harper Audio
multicasting service, in .au, .gsm, and .ra formats.
- A
Real Video version of Julius Caesar, co-produced by
Actors' Theatre, Davis Discovery Program, and Government Television
(GTC-3) of Columbus, Ohio. The play is in two parts:
 Part
one (approx. 1 hr.) -
Part two (approx. 1 hr.)
Productions
King
John*
HTML Editions
- An original spelling transcription of
King John (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from the folios:
-
The life and death of King John, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The life and death of King John, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace
Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The life and death of King John, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of
the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The life and death of King John, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis
University Library.
-
The life and death of King John, in the First
Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare
Editions (University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State
Library of New South Wales.
-
The life and death of King John, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Life and Death of King John, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
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The Life and Death of King John, in the Fourth Folio of
1685 (Herringman) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
Electronic facsimile editions from modern books:
King Lear
HTML Editions
- An original spelling transcription of
King Lear (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
-
King Lear (incorporating Q1 and F1) with linked glossary, is
presented by Dr. Larry A. Brown. Dr. Brown has included two very
interesting introductory articles, "Aristotle
on Greek Tragedy," and "Tragedy
After Aristotle."
Electronic facsimile editions from early quartos and folios.
 |
|
Illustration
of Lear, Kent, the Fool and Poor Tom on the heath
from the Staunton edition, vol. III, 1860,
p. 87. |
King Lear was entered in the Stationers' Register
November 26, 1607:
Nov. 26, 1607.
Nath. Butter and John Busby.] Mr. Willm.
Shakespeare, his Hystorye of Kinge Lear, as yt was
played before the King's Majestic at Whitehall, upon St.
Stephen's night at Christmas last, by his Majesties
servants playing usually at the Globe on the Bank-side
The first quarto, known as the "Pide Bull" quarto, was
printed in 1608 with the following title page:
M. William Shak-speare:
his true chronicle historie of the life and death of
King Lear and his three daughters. With the vnfortunate
life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Gloster,
and his sullen and assumed humor of Tom of Bedlam: as it
was played before the Kings Maiestie at Whitehall vpon
S. Stephans night in Christmas hollidayes. By his
Maiesties seruants playing vsually at the Gloabe on the
Bancke-side.
London: printed [by Nicholas Okes] for Nathaniel Butter,
and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at
the signe of the Pide Bull neere St. Austins Gate, 1608.
The text of Q1 is corrupt in places, and it is often
argued that it is a "bad" quarto, based on memorial
reconstruction, though apparently it was an authorized
printing.
The second quarto was an unauthorized re-print of Q1 by
Isaac Jaggard in 1619 and fraudulently dated 1608. It
has the following title page:
M. William Shake-speare,
his true chronicle history of the life and death of King
Lear, and his three daughters. With the vnfortunate life
of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and
his sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam. As it
was plaied before the Kings Maiesty at White-hall, vppon
S. Stephens night, in Christmas hollidaies. By his
Maiesties seruants, playing vsually at the Globe on the
Banck-side.
[London]: Printed [by William Jaggard] for Nathaniel
Butter, 1608
The Folio text differs from the Q1 text, and it is
speculated that it was printed from the text of Q1 corrected
from the prompt-copy of the King's Men. The text
offers very complex textual problems, akin to the textual
problems of Pericles. The Folio has 100 lines
not present in Q1, and Q1 has some 300 lines not present in
the Folio. Neither is regarded as authoritative.
King Lear was probably written in late 1605 or
early 1606. Gloucester's reference to "These late
eclipses of the sun and moon" (1.2.112) is by some
authorities taken to refer to the eclipses of September and
October 1605. |
- Two examples of the 1608 1st quarto of King Lear from the
British Library, both originally possessed by Halliwell-Phillipps:
1
2.
Both are examples of the "Pide Bull" edition, named for the imprint
on the title page "Printed for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold
at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Pide Bull neare
St. Austins Gate. 1608."
- Another
1608 1st quarto of King Lear from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, this one being an example of
the "Pied Bull" printing.
- The
1608 1st
quarto of King Lear from a copy held by the British
Library with an appendix by Charles Praetorius, 1885, from Google
Book Search.
- Three examples of the 1619 (dated 1608) 2nd quarto of King Lear
from the British Library, the first originally possessed by Garrick,
the second by George III and the third of unknown provenance:
1
2
3.
Q2 is Pavier's reprint, in 1619, of Q1, fraudulently dated 1608.
- The
1619 2nd quarto (dated 1608) of King Lear from the Rare Book Room
(Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford, and
another copy from a volume held by the National Library of
Scotland.
- The
1619 2nd quarto (dated 1608) of M.
VVilliam [Shake]-speare : his true chronicle history of the life and
death of King Lear and his three daughters, with the unfortunate
life of Edgar, sonne and heire to the Earle of Glocester, and his
sullen and assumed humour of Tom of Bedlam, in Horace Howard
Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg
Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard
Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center
for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the
Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of
New South Wales.
-
The Tragedie of King Lear,
in the Second Folio of 1632 (Cotes
and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Tragedy of King Lear, in the Third Folio of
1663-1664 (Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University
of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
The Tragedy of King Lear, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimile editions from modern books:
-
The life and death of King Lear. From The works of
Shakespear : in six volumes / collated and corrected by the former
editions, by Mr. Pope. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, in the
Strand, 1723-1725. (Though dated 1723, the Pope's edition was
printed 1725).
Electronic facsimile editions of 17th century revisions of the
play:
- Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
The history of King Lear : Acted at the Duke's theatre.
London: Printed for E. Flesher, and are to be sold by R. Bentley, and M.
Magnes in Russel-Street near Covent-Garden, 1681; from a volume held by
the Horace Howard Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of
Pennsylvania.
Love's Labour's Lost
HTML Editions
Electronic facsimile editions from early quartos and
folios.
The first appearance of
Shakespeare's name on the title page of a printed play was
the quarto publication of
Love's Labour's Lost.
The first quarto, and
only authoritative text, of Love's Labour's Lost
appeared in 1598 with the following title page:
A pleasant conceited comedie called, Loues labors
lost. As it was presented before her Highnes this last
Christmas. Newly corrected and augmented by W.
Shakespere.
Imprinted at London: by W. W. [William White] for
Cutbert Burby, 1598.
The W. W. is thought to be William
White (d. 1615). Cuthbert Burby (d. 1607) owned the
copyright to this play and to Romeo and Juliet,
transferred on his death to Nicholas Ling.
Q1 served as the text for the Folio
printing, but it has been revised inconsistently, giving
rise to a theory of a lost Q0, but there is no other
evidence for a lost quarto (except for the "Newly corrected
and augmented" tag printer on the Title page of Q1. It is
often noted that the stage directions in Q1 are unusually
full and descriptive, indicating perhaps an absence from the
playhouse and/or a production for non-professionals. Once
again, this is only a theory.
Because it is full of inside jokes
and parodies, a case has been made for Love's Labour's
Lost having been written for a private party, probably
involving Southampton and his circle, and later adapted for
the stage. It does seem to have strong associations with
the Southampton circle, though this theory is by no means
universally accepted. Those who advance it usually place
the play in about 1593-94, in the period of Venus and
Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, with which it has
obvious affinities. A popular theory of Shakespeare's life
has him serving as Southampton's secretary or literary
assistant during this period of closure of the public
playhouses.
Peter Ackroyd in his
Shakespeare: The Biography says that LLL is "so
highly allusive and ironic that it hardly seems designed for
the public playhouses...there has even been speculation that
it was first performed in Southampton House or at Titchfield.
In a ground plan for Titchfield House there is an upstairs
chamber designated as the 'Playhouse Room,' just to the left
of the main entrance...it has been variously interpreted as
a playful satire upon Southampton and his circle, upon Lord
Strange and his supporters, upon Thomas Nashe, upon John
Florio, upon Sir Walter Raleigh and the notorious 'school of
night.' There are references to a thundering rival poet,
George Chapman, and to other Elizabethan notables who are
now less well known...and it may indeed refer to all of
them."
If indeed the play was acted for the
Southampton circle, it must later have been translated to
the Theatre repertory. It is known to have been acted
before Queen Elizabeth in 1597 (see the text on the title
page), and Southampton had it performed for the family of
King James at Southampton House in 1605.
What is definitely known is that it
appears in the list of Shakespeare's plays in Francis Meres'
Palladis Tamia
in 1598. It is also (in all likeliehood) referenced in
Robert Tofte's Alba, or The Month's Mind of a Melancholy
Lover, also published in 1598: "I once did see a play
ycleped so," (see Halliwell-Phillipps, Outlines,
p. 305. The play was most likely written, therefore,
between 1593 and 1597, though may be a revision of a much
earlier work. |
- The
1598 1st quarto of
Love's Labour's Lost from the
British Library.
Another copy of this work is available for inspection from
the Rare Book Room (Octoavo).
- The
1598
1st quarto of Love's Labour's Lost from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the University of
Edinburgh Library. "This quarto was donated to the University
of Edinburgh in 1627 by James Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649), a
former student at the university, as well as a poet and man of
letters" (Octavo statement of provenance).
- The
1598 1st quarto of Love's Labour's Lost from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
-
Shakspere's Loves labors lost : the first quarto, 1598 :
a facsimile in photo-lithography (1880) with an introduction by
Frederick Furnivall, from Internet Archive, in various formats.
- Two examples of the 1631 2nd quarto of Love's Labour's Lost
from the British Library, the first originally possessed by Garrick,
the second by George III:
1
2.
These volumes are also available for inspection from the Rare Book
Room (Octavo):
Garrick
George III.
- The
1631
2nd quarto of Love's Labour's Lost from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the University of
Edinburgh Library. This volume had been the property of J. O.
Halliwell-Phillipps, who gave it to the library.
- The
1631 2nd quarto of Love's Labour's Lost from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford; and
another copy held by the same library.
- The
1631
2nd quarto of Love's Labour's Lost from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the National
Library of Scotland. "This second quarto of Love’s Labours
Lost was owned by Dr. Richard Farmer (1735–1797), Shakespeare
scholar and collector, and Canon of St. Paul’s, London. It was sold
at 1798 Farmer sale to the English book collector Richard Forster
and then acquired 1806 by John Stuart, the first Marquis of Bute
(1744–1814). Stuart added it to the Bute Collection of early English
plays...The Bute Collection is now in the National Library of
Scotland, which purchased it from Major Michael Crichton Stuart on 3
April 1956" (Octavo statement of provenance.)
- The
1631 2nd quarto of Loues Labours lost : a vvittie
and pleasant comedie : as it was acted by his Maiesties seruants at
the Blacke-Friers and the Globe, in Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
Loves Labour's lost, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
Love's Labour's lost, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness Memorial
(Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text
& Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
Love's Labour's lost, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
-
Love's Labour's lost, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
-
Love's Labour's lost, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
Loves Labour's lost, in the Second Folio of 1632 (Cotes
and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
Facsimile edition of
Love's Labour's Lost
from the 1632 Second Folio via the Holloway Pages.
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Love's Labour's lost, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
-
Love's Labours lost, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Facsimile Editions of Modern Editions
- The 1904 Variorum edition of
Love's
Labour's Lost edited by H. H. Furness, from Google Book
Search, full view and PDF.
Macbeth* (1606)
HTML editions.
-
An original spelling transcription of
Macbeth (1623 First Folio Edition) from the Electronic
Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
-
The Roanoke
Macbeth Page.
Electronic facsimile editions from early
folios.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
The Tragedie of Macbeth, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Tragedy of Macbeth, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664
(Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
The Tragedy of Macbeth, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Measure for Measure*
HTML Editions
-
An original spelling transcription of
Measure For Measure (1623 First Folio Edition) from the
Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
-
The Interactive Shakespeare Project study guide to
Measure for Measure.
Electronic facsimile editions from early
folios.
-
Measure, for Measure, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
Measure for Measure, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
Measure for Measure, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the Perseus Digital
Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
-
Measure for Measure, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University Library.
-
Measure for Measure, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard
and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
Measure for Measure, in the Second Folio of 1632 (Cotes
and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
Measure for Measure, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664 (Chetwinde)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
-
Measure for Measure, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
The Merchant of Venice
HTML Editions
-
An original spelling transcription of
The Merchant of Venice (1623 First Folio Edition) from
the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from early quartos and
folios.
|
The Merchant of Venice was first printed in quarto
in 1600 with the following title page:
The most excellent
historie of the merchant of Venice. With the extreame
crueltie of Shylocke the Iewe towards the sayd merchant,
in cutting a iust pound of his flesh: and the obtayning
of Portia by the choyse of three chests. As it hath
beene diuers times acted by the Lord Chamberlaine his
seruants. Written by William Shakespeare.
At London: printed by I. R. [James Roberts] for Thomas
Heyes, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard, at the
signe of the Greene Dragon, 1600.
Consequently it is often called
the "Heyes Quarto."
The second quarto was practically
printed in 1619 by Thomas Pavier and William Jaggard, and
fraudulently dated 1600 in order to circumvent, it is
thought, an order by the Lord Chamberlain of May, 1619, that
plays belonging to the King's Men could not be printed
without consent. Pavier printed nine other plays at
that time.
The First Folio text is based on
the text of the first quarto, which itself may have been
printed from Shakespeare's "foul papers."
The play was entered in the
Stationers' Register July 22, 1598:
"James Robertes.] A booke of
the Marchaunt of Venyce, or otherwise called the Jewe of
Venyse. Provided that y t bee not prynted by the said
James Roberts or anye other whatsoever, without lycence
first had of the right honourable the Lord Chamberlen"
(see "Entries
on the Stationers' Books" in Malone).
It appears in the list of
Shakespeare's plays in Francis Meres'
Palladis
Tamia in 1598. The
play was most likely written between 1596 and 1598. |
- Three examples of the 1600 1st quarto of The Merchant of Venice
from the British Library, the first originally possessed by Garrick,
the second two by George III:
1
|
2
|
3.
- The same three copies of the 1600 1st quarto of The Merchant
of Venice from the Rare Book Room (Octavo):
Garrick |
George III |
George III from volumes held by the British Library.
- The
1600 1st quarto of The Excellent History of the Merchant
of Venice with the Extreme Cruelty of Shylocke the Jew toward the
saide Merchant in cutting a just pound of his flesh. And the
obtaining of Portia, by the choyse of three Caskets, from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1600
1st quarto of The Merchant of Venice, from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the National
Library of Scotland. Apparently a copy that at one time
belonged to Lewis Theobald, containing his annotations.
- Two examples of the 1619 (dated 1600) 2nd quarto of The Merchant
of Venice from the British Library, the first originally
possessed by Garrick, the second by George III:
1
2.
- The same two copies of the 1619 (dated 1600) 2nd quarto of The
Merchant of Venice from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from volumes
held by the British Library:
Garrick |
George III.
- The
1619
2nd quarto (dated 1600) of The Merchant of Venice
from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from volumes held by the
University of Edinburgh Library.
Given to the library by J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps.
- The
1619 2nd quarto (dated 1600) of The excellent
history of the merchant of Venice : with the extreme cruelty of
Shylocke the Iew towards the saide merchant, in cutting a iust pound
of his flesh : and the obtaining of Portia, by the choyse of three
caskets, from a volume held by the Horace Howard Furness
Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center for
Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
- The
1637 3rd quarto of
The Merchant of Venice from the
British Library.
- The same copy of the
1637
3rd quarto of The Merchant of Venice from the Rare
Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the British Library.
- The
1637
3rd quarto of The Merchant of Venice from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the National
Library of Scotland. Part of the Bute collection purchased by
the National Library of Scotland from Major Michael Crichton Stuart
on 3 April 1956.
- The
1637
3rd quarto of The Merchant of Venice from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the University of
Edinburgh Library. Given to the library in 1872 by J. O.
Halliwell-Phillipps.
- The
1637
3rd quarto of The Merchant of Venice from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1637
3rd quarto of The Merchant of Venice from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
-
The
Merchant of Venice, in the First Folio of 1623 (Jaggard and Blount),
from The Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the Folger
Shakespeare Library.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from a volume held by the Horace Howard
Furness Memorial (Shakespeare) Library from the Schoenberg Center
for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI), University of Pennsylvania.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from the Perseus Garner, part of the
Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, from a volume held by
Brandeis University Library.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by Brandeis University
Library.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the First Folio of
1623 (Jaggard and Blount), from Internet Shakespeare Editions
(University of Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of
New South Wales.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the Second Folio of 1632
(Cotes and Allot) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New
South Wales.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the Third Folio of 1663-1664
(Chetwinde) from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of
Victoria) from a volume held by the State Library of New South
Wales.
-
The Merchant of Venice, in the Fourth Folio of 1685 (Herringman)
from Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria) from a
volume held by the State Library of New South Wales.
Electronic facsimiles of 18th Century revisions of the play.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
HTML Editions
-
An original spelling transcription of
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1623 First Folio Edition)
from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Electronic facsimile editions from early quartos and
folios.
 |
Falstaff
holding court
Illustration from the 1843 three-volume edition
of the works by Barry Cornwall (Bryan
Waller Procter). The illustration is by
Kenny Meadows. |
The Merry Wives of Windsor was first entered in
the Stationers' Register on January 18, 1602 (NS):
John Busby. An excellent and pleasant conceited
commedie of Sir John Faulstof and the Merry Wyves of
Windesor...
Arth. Johnson. The preceding entered as assigned to him
from John Busby...
It was printed later that year with the following title
page:
A most pleasaunt and
excellent conceited comedie, of Syr Iohn Falstaffe, and
the merrie wiues of Windsor. Entermixed with sundrie
variable and pleasing humors, of Syr Hugh the Welch
knight, Iustice Shallow, and his wise cousin M. Slender.
With the swaggering vaine of Auncient Pistoll, and
Corporall Nym. By William Shakespeare. As it hath bene
diuers times acted by the Right Honorable my Lord
Chamberlaines seruants. Both before her Maiestie, and
else-where.
London: printed by T. C. [Thomas Creede] for Arthur
Iohnson, and are to be sold at his shop in Powles
Church-yard, at the signe of the Flower de Leuse and the
Crowne, 1602.
The 1602 1st quarto is commonly
referred to as a "bad" quarto. Compared to the text of
the First Folio its text is corrupt. It is thought to
be a memorial reconstruction by the actor who played the
part of the Host. This quarto was reprinted in 1619,
as the 2nd quarto, by William Jaggard.
The text of the First Folio is therefore not based on the
first quarto, but rather thought to be based on the prompt
book of the King's Men.
The play is thought to have been written quickly in early
1597, hard upon the completion of Henry IV Part 2, and first
performed to celebrate the initiation of the newly elected
Knights of the Garter on April 23, St. George's Day, that
year at Windsor Castle. George Carey, Lord Hunsdon,
patron of Shakespeare's company was then elected. The
play makes frequent mention of Windsor Castle.
Rowe, in his Some Account of the
Life &c. of Mr. William Shakespear prefaced to his
1709 edition of the works says of the play;
"She [Queen Elizabeth] was so well pleas'd with that admirable Character of Falstaff,
in the two Parts of Henry the Fourth, that she commanded him to continue it for
one Play more, and to shew him in Love. This is said to be the Occasion of his Writing The
Merry Wives of Windsor. How well she was obey'd, the Play it self is an admirable
Proof. Upon this Occasion it may not be improper to observe, that this Part of Falstaff
is said to have been written originally under the Name of Oldcastle; some of that
Family being then remaining, the Queen was pleas'd to command him to alter it; upon which
he made use of Falstaff. The present Offence was indeed avoided; but I don't know
whether the Author may not have been somewhat to blame in his second Choice, since it is
certain that Sir John Falstaff, who was a Knight of the Garter, and a
Lieutenant-General, was a Name of distinguish'd Merit in the Wars in France in Henry
the fifth's and Henry the Sixth's Times. What Grace soever the Queen confer'd
upon him, it was not to her only he ow'd the Fortune which the Reputation of his
Wit made."
Rowe may have picked this up and extended it from John
Dennis' dedication to his adaptation
The Comical Gallant, published in 1702. Dennis
says:
"This comedy was written at her [i.e., Queen
Elizabeth's] command, and by her direction, and she was
so eager to see it Acted, that she commanded it to be
finished in fourteen days and was afterward, as
Tradition tells us, very well pleas'd At the
Representation."
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- The
1602 1st quarto of
The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the British Library.
- The
1602
1st quarto of of The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the British
Library.
- The
1602 1st quarto of The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- Two examples of the 1619 2nd quarto of The Merry Wives of Windsor
from the British Library, the first originally possessed by Garrick,
the second by George III:
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2.
- The same two copies of the 1619 2nd quarto of The Merry Wives
of Windsor from the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from volumes held by
the British Library:
Garrick |
George III.
- The
1619 2nd quarto of The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The Bodleian
Library, University of Oxford.
- The
1619
2nd quarto of The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by The National
Library of Scotland. Part of the Brute collection, purchased
from Major Michael Crichton Stuart on 3 April 1956.
- The
1630 3rd quarto of
The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the British Library.
- The
1630
3rd quarto of The Merry Wives of Windsor from
the Rare Book Room (Octavo) from a volume held by the British
Library.
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The standard
HTML Complete Works sites are:
1709 -
The Nicholas Rowe 1709 Edition of the Works of Shakespeare
In
1726 Pope was severely criticized by Lewis Theobald in his book Shakespeare restored, or, A specimen of the many
errors, as well committed, as unamended, by Mr. Pope : in his late
edition of this poet. Designed not only to correct the said edition, but
to restore the true reading of Shakespeare in all the editions ever yet
published. The book concentrates on the deficiencies exhibited by
Pope in his edition of Hamlet, but in a long appendix goes on to
comment, though not as exhaustively, on most of the other plays also.
I have been able to locate two facsimile editions on the Internet:
The works of
Shakespear in eight volumes. The genuine text
(collated with all the former editions, and then
corrected and emended) is here settled ; being
restored from the blunders of the first editors and
the interpolations of the two last: with a comment
and notes, critical and explanatory. By Mr. Pope and
Mr. Warburton, London, J. & P. Napton, 1747;
from Google Book Search, full text and PDF. The
"Blunders of the first Editors" refers collectively
to the editors of the quarto and folio editions, and
Rowe, who was safely dead by this time. "The
last two" refer to the editions of Theobald (1733)
and Hanmer (1743-44). Warburton had criticized
Pope's edition, but having become an ally of Pope's
by the time of this edition, does not mention it
unfavorably. His former ally, now enemy,
Theobald, however, comes in for notable criticism.
1766 -
In 1766 George Steevens
published Twenty of the plays of Shakespeare, being the whole number
printed in quarto during his life-time, or before the restoration,
collated where there were different copies, and published from the
originals, by George Steevens, Esq., in four volumes. Very
fortunately Google Book Search has digitized these works and they can be
accessed in facsimile using the links below. Garrick provided most
of the texts for this collection. Steevens was the first to
recognize the importance of printed preservation of these early texts.
In addition to the twenty plays, he also provided the text of the 1609
edition of the Sonnets, correcting the serious corruption inflicted by
Charles Gildon in his supplement to Rowe's edition of 1709 (the Rowe
"volume VII") where Gildon chose the corrupt 1640 Benson copy of the
Sonnets to reproduce rather than the 1609 first edition. Gildon's choice
became the 18th century printed standard until Steevens. Oddly
enough--though not so odd when one gets to know the perverse quirks of
Steevens' character--he later dropped interest in the Sonnets when his
great enemy Malone's interest in them grew, commenting that "...the
strongest act of Parliament that could be framed, would fail to compel
readers into their service." History has disagreed.
The plays of William
Shakspeare. In fifteen volumes. With
the corrections and illustrations of
various commentators. To which are
added notes by Samuel Johnson and
George Steevens. The Fourth Edition.
Revised and Augmented, (with a
Glossarial Index) by the Editor of
Dodsley's Old Plays [Isaac
Reed], London, T. Longman, etc.,
1793.
"The Family Shakespeare" was first printed in four-volumes in 1807
(which edition covered 24 plays and was written/edited by Thomas Bowdler's
sister Henrietta but attributed to Thomas until the twentieth century).
The Family Shakespeare was very popular and went through many printings in the nineteenth century.
The first edition edited directly by Thomas Bowdler was the 1818
edition, which included all the then canonical plays except Pericles,
and none of the non-dramatic poetry. It was
based on the Steevens text. The fourth edition appeared in 1825
(see below) and there were subsequent editions in 1831, 1853 and 1861,
not counting reprints of previous editions. It is famous
as an "expurgated" Shakespeare, "in which nothing is added to the
original; but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with
propriety be read in a family." The word "bowderlize" was invented
in 1836 carrying a pejorative sense, meaning to edit out offensive
content prudishly. I have been able to locate and link the following
full-view second editions of The Family Shakespeare, 1818, from Google
Book Search:
James
Boswell the younger (son of Johnson's biographer)
inherited the literary remains of Edmond Malone, and
dutifully edited them into what became known as the
"third variorum" edition, published in 21 volumes in
1821. It marked the culmination of 18th century
Shakespeare scholarship, and the end of a tradition
in variorum editions. The following edition, of
Samuel Weller Singer in 1826, revolted against
the imposing scholarly trappings associated with the
variorum editions by minimizing notes and doing away
with most comment and, indeed, mostly all scholarly
comment. Numerous editions of Shakespeare followed
in the nineteenth century, based upon the text here
reflected, of the work of the great editors starting
with Rowe, proceeding through Theobald to Dr.
Johnson, encompassing Steevens, and running through
Malone-Boswell, but without reproducing the minute
notes and other critical apparatus of this great
edition. Therefore, the "third variorum" edited by
Boswell became the scholarly standard of the 19th
century, and held dominance, in spite of editions by
Charles Knight, Alexander Dyce and John Payne
Collier (prior to his exposure as a forger), until
the Cambridge edition of 1863-1866 superseded it. I
present below links to the first three volumes of
Boswell's edition (note that he insisted on Malone's
name appearing on the title page, and not his own).
The first three volumes contain strictly
prolegomena, with the plays beginning in the fourth
volume. This edition stands as a monument to
Malone, to 18th century scholarship in general, and
to the modesty and dutiful diligence of James
Boswell the younger in particular. Reading the
prolegomena herein contained is a full education in
the Shakespeare scholarship as it had developed to
1821, and a generally good foundation to all modern
scholarship.
The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, With Notes, original
and selected, by Samuel Weller Singer, F.S.A., and a Life of the
Poet, by Charles Symmons, D.D. Chiswick : Charles
Whittingham, College House. 1826.
The
Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere
originally appeared in 56 parts from 1838 to 1843 (
The
Plays and Poems of Shakspeare, with a Life,
Glossarial Notes, and One Hundred and Seventy
Illustrations from the Plates in Boydell's Edition,
Edited by A. J. Valpy, M. A. Late Fellow of Pemb.
Coll., Oxford , in Fifteen Volumes.
