Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 496 g
Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 496 g
Reihe: The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos
ISBN: 978-0-521-41818-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Shakespeare's Richard III presents difficult textual problems. There are 2,000 verbal differences between the text of the first quarto (1597) and the version in the First Folio (1623). Although the narrative of the two plays is virtually identical, each has lines which are not found in the other, parts of the play are arranged differently, and the quarto deploys fewer characters. The text of the quarto is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes. In a lengthy introduction Peter Davison proposes that Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, used a memorially reconstructed text of Richard III during a touring performance of the play, and that text provided the manuscript for the 1597 quarto. Using examples of touring practice of the past 400 years, Davison shows how the actors' involvement helped to produce the text we have.
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Weitere Infos & Material
List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; Characters in order of appearance; The play; Textual notes.
