The First Quarto of King Henry V Paperback / softback
by William Shakespeare
Edited by Andrew (University of Reading) Gurr
Part of the The New Cambridge Shakespeare: The Early Quartos series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Quarto text of Henry V is of unique importance.
It is the first and probably the only text of a Shakespeare play which provides the playscript corresponding to the version that was actually performed by Shakespeare's own company.
It has the authority of being transcribed by actors in the company as a record of their original staging at the Globe in 1599.
The quarto version differs radically from the First Folio text which is used as the source for all other editions.
Half as long as the Folio, it represents a practical staging text that streamlined the script supplied by Shakespeare.
This edition of the Henry V quarto provides a modernized text alongside the extensive commentary. Andrew Gurr examines each variant from the Folio text in detail, shedding new light on what happened to scripts that the Shakespeare company bought from their resident playwright.
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- Pages:140 pages, 2 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2006
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- ISBN:9780521032636
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:140 pages, 2 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521032636
