Measure for Measure"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart) The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged. Each volume features: |
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... editions , which indicate the cuts made in perfor- mance , give an impression of what was actually seen and heard by ... edition , first published in 1773 , with notes by Francis Gentleman , follows the text used in 1771 , with Bensley ...
... editions , which indicate the cuts made in perfor- mance , give an impression of what was actually seen and heard by ... edition , first published in 1773 , with notes by Francis Gentleman , follows the text used in 1771 , with Bensley ...
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... edition Nosworthy emends ' heaven ' to ' God ' at 2.4.4 and 45 and inserts ' God ' before both instances of ' Save ' . We should not be too dogmatic on the issue . There may have been originally more oaths in the play than there are now ...
... edition Nosworthy emends ' heaven ' to ' God ' at 2.4.4 and 45 and inserts ' God ' before both instances of ' Save ' . We should not be too dogmatic on the issue . There may have been originally more oaths in the play than there are now ...
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... EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE The First Folio , 1623 The Second Folio , 1632 The Third Folio , 1663 The Fourth Folio , 1685 ... Edition ( Heidelberg , 1964 ) J. W. Lever , Measure for Measure , New Arden Shakespeare ( 1965 ) Edmond Malone ...
... EDITIONS OF SHAKESPEARE The First Folio , 1623 The Second Folio , 1632 The Third Folio , 1663 The Fourth Folio , 1685 ... Edition ( Heidelberg , 1964 ) J. W. Lever , Measure for Measure , New Arden Shakespeare ( 1965 ) Edmond Malone ...
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Abbott ABHORSON appear audience Barbara Jefford Barnardine bawd behaviour brother CAPELL characters Cinthio Claudio condemned context contract Crane DAVENANT death doth Dover Wilson Duchess of Malfi Duke's edition editors Elbow Elizabethan emendation Enter Duke Epitia ESCALUS evil executed Exeunt Exit Folio foul papers Friar Peter Froth GENTLEMAN give glosses grace Hamlet HANMER hath heaven Henry Henry IV honour implying Isabel Isabella Julietta justice kind king Lever lines London Lord Angelo LUCIO maid Mariana marriage married mean Measure for Measure mercy Mistress Overdone OED's sense offence Officers Othello Overdone's OXFORD pardon perhaps play Pompey POPE prison Promos proverbial Provost punishment refer Richard II ROWE Royal Shakespeare Theatre scene seems sexual Shakespeare sister slander speak speech story suggests Theatre thee thou art Tilley Tilley/Dent tion virtue What's wife woman women word ΙΟ