Shakespeare and the First Hamlet

Shakespeare and the First Hamlet PDF

Author: Terri Bourus

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2022-06-10

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 1800735553

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The first edition of Hamlet – often called ‘Q1’, shorthand for ‘first quarto’ – was published in 1603, in what we might regard as the early modern equivalent of a cheap paperback. Yet this early version of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy is becoming increasingly canonical, not because there is universal agreement about what it is or what it means, but because more and more Shakespearians agree that it is worth arguing about. The essays in this collected volume explore the ways in which we might approach Q1’s Hamlet, from performance to book history, from Shakespeare’s relationships with his contemporaries to the shape of his whole career.

The First Quarto of Hamlet

The First Quarto of Hamlet PDF

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780521653909

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The first quarto of Hamlet is radically different from the second quarto and Folio versions of the play, and about half their length. But despite its uneven verbal texture and simpler characterisation, the first quarto presents its own workable alternatives to the longer texts, reordering and combining key plot elements, and even including a unique scene between Horatio and the Queen. This new critical edition is designed for students, scholars and actors who are intrigued by the first printed text of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Although the first quarto has been reprinted many times, there is no other modernised edition in print. Irace's introduction outlines views of its origins, its special features, and its surprisingly rich performance history; her textual notes point out differences between the first quarto and the longer second quarto and Folio versions and offer alternatives which actors or directors might choose for specific productions.

Hamlet - The First Quarto (Sos)

Hamlet - The First Quarto (Sos) PDF

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1317867149

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The first in a series on Shakespeare's original texts, including facsimile pages, this version of "Hamlet" is claimed to be, in some ways, the most authentic version of the play that we have. Included are an introduction, notes, and a theoretical, historical and contextual critique. This text has been rejected by scholars as a "bad Quarto" - corrupt and pirated text printed without the permission of the playwright or his company. Nonetheless, it was the first version of the play to be published and it has been produced in the modern theatre with success. This new edition of that Quarto seeks to acknowledge the play's distinctive poetic and dramatic qualities, instead of comparing them unfavourably to one of the other versions.

The First Quarto of King Richard III

The First Quarto of King Richard III PDF

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-12

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780521418188

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In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes.

Hamlet

Hamlet PDF

Author: William Shakespeare

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-04-21

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 1474273882

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This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since its first publication. A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a comprehensive and current critical account of the play, alongside the most reliable and fully-annotated text available.

The First Two Quartos of Hamlet

The First Two Quartos of Hamlet PDF

Author: Margrethe Jolly

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 147661556X

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It is nearly two centuries since the first quarto of Hamlet was rediscovered, yet there is still no consensus about its relationship to the second quarto. Indeed, the first quarto, the least frequently read Hamlet, has been dismissed as "corrupt," "inferior" or like "a mutilated corpse," even though in performance it has been described as "the absolute dynamo behind the play." Currently one hypothesis dominates explanations about the quartos' interrelationship, supposing that the first quarto (published 1603) was reconstructed from memory by one or more actors who had performed minor roles in a version of the second quarto (published 1604-5). The present study reports on a detailed linguistic reassessment of the principal arguments for memorial reconstruction. The evidence--including a three way comparison between the underlying French source in Les Histoires Tragiques and the two quartos, and the informal features and specific grammatical aspects, and a documented memorial reconstruction in 1779--does not support the dominant hypothesis. The cumulative evidence suggests that the earliest scholars to examine the first quarto were right: the 1603 Hamlet came first, and the second quarto is a substantial, later revision.

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