The First Quarto of King Lear
Part of The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos
- Real Author: William Shakespeare
- Editor: Jay L. Halio, University of Delaware
- Date Published: December 1996
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521587075
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This edition of King Lear is based on the first (1608) quarto and represents a significantly different version from that published in the Folio of 1623, which forms the basis of the standard New Cambridge Shakespeare edition. Most scholars now believe that the quarto derives from what was probably Shakespeare's own autograph draft of the play, whereas the Folio derives from a late, revised copy used as the prompt-book. Each has numerous unique passages and hundreds of variant readings, creating differences which affect the structure, characterisation and overall impact of the play. This volume contains a substantial introduction, the text of the first quarto and a collation of variant readings from the second quarto and the First Folio. Passages unique to the Folio are printed separately in an appendix.
Read more- The differences between quarto and Folio are significant: famous speeches are altered; characters are altered
- The issue of 'two-texts' now reaches down even to undergraduates, not just confined to textual scholars
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- Date Published: December 1996
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521587075
- length: 156 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 10 mm
- weight: 0.238kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations and conventions
Introduction
Note on the text
List of characters
The Play
Textual notes
Appendix: Passages unique to the Folio.
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