Hamlet : the first quarto, 1603 / William Shakespeare ; edited by Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

• Thompson, Ann, 1947- editor.
• Taylor, Neil, 1943- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hamlet (Legendary character)--Drama.
• Denmark--History--Drama.

Genre:

• Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Summary:

Due to the survival of three early, distinct versions of the text of Hamlet, the process of editing 'Hamlet' has required its editors to consider which of the texts - known as Quarto 1 (Q1), Quarto 2 (Q2), or Folio (F) - is truly 'authoritative'. For the Arden Third Series edition of Hamlet, editors Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor chose to reject the traditions of elevating one text above the others or creating a composite text from all three versions. Q1, printed in 1603, is often known as the 'bad' quarto due to its significant differences from both the Q2 and F texts.

Notes:

• Previously issued in print: in Hamlet: the texts of 1603 and 1623. London: Arden Shakespeare, 2007.
• Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2014).

OCLC:

882570810

Access Restriction:

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