The First Quarto Of King Henry V

by William Shakespeare

2021-05-26 04:14:19

The Quarto text of King Henry V is of unique importance. It has the authority of being transcribed by actors in Shakespeare''s own company as a record of their first performances of the play at the Globe in 1599. Half as long as the 1623 First Folio ... Read more
The Quarto text of King Henry V is of unique importance. It has the authority of being transcribed by actors in Shakespeare''s own company as a record of their first performances of the play at the Globe in 1599. Half as long as the 1623 First Folio version, it represents a practical staging text that streamlined the script supplied by Shakespeare. Andrew Gurr examines each variant from the Folio text in detail, shedding new light on what happened to scripts that the Shakespeare company bought from their resident playwright. Less

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ISBN9780521032636
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often calle...

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