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Ncsq: First Quarto Romeo and Juliet

Ncsq: First Quarto Romeo and Juliet

Erne, Lukas

Hardcover

Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos

Fiction AnthologiesShakespeare

ISBN10: 0521821215
ISBN13: 9780521821216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 15 2007
Pages: 210
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Two different versions of Romeo and Juliet were published during Shakespeare's lifetime: the second quarto of 1599, on which modern editions are usually based, and the first quarto of 1597. The latter version was long denigrated as a 'bad' quarto', but recent scholarship sees in it a crucial witness for the theatrical practices of Shakespeare and his company. The shorter of the two versions by about one quarter, the first quarto has high-paced action, fuller stage directions than the second quarto, and fascinating alternatives to the famous speeches in the longer version. The introduction to this edition provides a full discussion of the origins of the first quarto, before analysing its distinguishing features and presenting a concise history of the 1597 version. The text is provided with a full collation and commentary which alert the reader to crucial differences between the first and the second quartos.

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