Sir Thomas More By Anthony Munday and others [Paperback]

The best edition of the play in print. Gives a radical re-examination of the manuscript, and relates step by step to the process by which the play acquired its final form. Accounts for every single word and mark found in the manuscript - reproduces rejected or alternative passages at the end of the text. Includes a detailed discussion of the authorship and date of the original text and so-called additions. Particularly important now as the play feeds into the present speculation concerning Shakespeare's Catholic roots.General Editors' preface
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
i. The manuscript
ii. The original
iii. Tilney's hand
iv. The additions
v. The final version
vi. This edition
1. Sir Thomas More
2. Rejected or alternative passages
3. Appendices
4. Glossarial indexVittorio Gabrieli was Professor at the University of Rome. Giorgio Melchiori is Emeritus Professor of La Sapienza, University of Rome (retired)The best edition of the play in print. Gives a radical re-examination of the manuscript, and relates step by step to the process by which the play acquired its final form. Accounts for every single word and mark found in the manuscript - reproduces rejected or alternative passages at the end of the text. Includes a detailed discussion of the authorship and date of the original text and so-called additions. Particularly important now as the play feeds into the present speculation concerning Shakespeare's Catholic roots.