OthelloAssociated University Presse, 2012 - Drama Critics have praised either "Hamlet" or "King Lear" as the greatest of Shakespeare's "mature" tragendies. Ernst Honigmann, in the most significant edition of the play for a generation, asks: why not "Othello"? This edition sheds new light on the text of the play as we have come to know it, and on our knowledge of its early history. |
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... things is discussed , and then , alongside the text of the play itself , it provides the evidence for that discussion , by recording the detail of performances moment by moment . The playtexts are printed here in a smaller typeface than ...
... things is discussed , and then , alongside the text of the play itself , it provides the evidence for that discussion , by recording the detail of performances moment by moment . The playtexts are printed here in a smaller typeface than ...
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... thing that the great actor can make us understand . In describing the effect on audiences of those tones and expressions , and all the other business of the stage , the editors hope to demonstrate the truth of that . The patient ...
... thing that the great actor can make us understand . In describing the effect on audiences of those tones and expressions , and all the other business of the stage , the editors hope to demonstrate the truth of that . The patient ...
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