The life and death of King John / by William Shakespeare ; prepared & annotated by Neil Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Contributor:

Freeman, Neil.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Plays (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books (Firm))

The Applause Shakespeare library. Folio texts

Applause first folio editions

Standardized Title:

King John

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

John, King of England, 1167-1216--Drama.

John.

John, King of England, 1167-1216.

Great Britain--History--John, 1199-1216--Drama.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

Drama.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

l, 98 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Applause Books, [2000]

Summary:

The First Folio of 1623 was prepared for print by two members of Shakespeare's acting troupe -- John Hemings and Henry Condell -- which included comic actor Will Kemp and the great tragedian Richard Burbage. In a fascinating and detailed introduction, Freeman points out that because Shakespeare and his colleagues wrote from a rhetorical tradition -- a society where the emphasis was on the spoken word -- he wrote with an eye to how he wanted his plays performed, giving as much direction as possible to his actors. Freeman looks at what is known of the printing of that First Folio and analyzes the variations between the First Folio, later Folios, Quarto editions (where available) and modern editions of the plays. He examines the "corrections" made by editors over the centuries that have shaped the way we perceive Shakespeare today -- from the regularization of verse, to the changes from prose to verse (and vice versa) and the standardization of character prefixes.

ISBN:

1557833834

OCLC:

44760095