1 option
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark : a tragedy : as it is now acted by His Majesty's Servants / written by William Shakespear.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PR3612 .O7 1730
Available in person
Request an item
Access options
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Standardized Title:
- Hamlet
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama--Early works to 1800.
- Hamlet.
- Hamlet (Legendary character).
- Verse drama, English.
- Verse drama, English--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 107 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Fingerprint:
- e.nd n,d. n:ar OcAd (7) 1723 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by J. Darby, for A. Bettesworth in Pater-noster-Row, and F. Clay without Temple-Bar, MDCCXXIII [1723]
- Notes:
- John Hughes's stage version, a reprint of the 1718 edition (Folger card catalog).
- There exist two editions of the 1723 Hamlet. In this edition ('A'), leaf A4v, line 23 reads "compulsative"; leaf B1r, line 9 reads "Corse"; and leaf H3r, line 29 ends "Ditch-". Edition 'B' is a 1730 pirated line-by-line reprint, cataloged separately, identified by different readings on those pages. (See Dawson, G.E. Studies in bibliography, 1 (1948-1949): 47-58).
- Signatures: A-I⁶.
- First leaf (A1) is blank; no frontispiece issued with this edition (Ford).
- Price from imprint: price One Shilling.
- ESTC, Ford, and Jaggard citations are undifferentiated descriptions for both editions A and B.
- With a printed cast list, and bookseller's advertisements for M. Poulson (leaf I6v).
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries Rare has edition 'A', but also does have frontispiece, and a blank leaf in front..
- Bound with: Otway, Thomas. The orphan, or, the unhappy marriage. London : Printed for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, and F. Clay; in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, M.DCC.XXX. [1730] (item 2 of 4)
- Cited in:
- ESTC T35953
- Ford, H.L. Shakespeare 1700-1740, 47
- Jaggard, W. Shakespeare bibliography, p. 308
- OCLC:
- 7764407
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.