The First Quarto of King Richard III [Paperback]

In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes.There are 2000 verbal differences between the text of the first quarto of Shakespeare's Richard III (1597) and the version in the First Folio (1623). In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes. Peter Davison argues that Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, used a memorially reconstructed text of Richard III during a touring performance of the play, and that text provided the manuscript for the 1597 quarto. The result is a breakthrough in textual studies.There are 2000 verbal differences between the text of the first quarto of Shakespeare's Richard III (1597) and the version in the First Folio (1623). In this quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes. Peter Davison argues that Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, used a memorially reconstructed text of Richard III during a touring performance of the play, and that text provided the manuscript for the 1597 quarto. The result is a breakthrough in textual studies.There are 2,000 verbal differences between the text of the First Quarto of Shakespeare's Richard III (1597) and the version in the First Folio (1623). In this Quarto edition the text is accompanied by a collation of variant readings and substantial textual notes. Peter Davison argues that Shakespeare's company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, used a memorially reconstructed text of Richard III during a touring performance of the play, and that text provided the manuscript for the 1597 Quarto. The result is a breakthrough in textual studies.List of figures; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; Characters in order of appearance; The play; Textual notes.'Peter Davison's edition of Richard III's first quarto is outstanding and important; it is brightly committed, packed with fresh data,lSl