Textual Performances The Modern Reproduction of Shakespeare's Drama [Hardcover]

Brings together leading scholars to examine crucial questions regarding the theory and practice of editing Shakespeare's plays.This important collection brings together leading scholars to examine crucial questions regarding the theory and practice of editing Shakespeare's plays. In particular the essays examine how what we know about early modern practices in the playhouse, the author's study and the printing house ought to affect modern editorial mediation. Focusing on the key points of debate and controversy of the present moment, this collection makes a vital contribution to a better understanding of how editorial practice (on the page and in cyberspace) might develop in the twenty-first century.This important collection brings together leading scholars to examine crucial questions regarding the theory and practice of editing Shakespeare's plays. In particular the essays examine how what we know about early modern practices in the playhouse, the author's study and the printing house ought to affect modern editorial mediation. Focusing on the key points of debate and controversy of the present moment, this collection makes a vital contribution to a better understanding of how editorial practice (on the page and in cyberspace) might develop in the twenty-first century.Bringing together leading scholars to examine crucial questions regarding the theory and practice of editing Shakespeare's plays, these essays examine how what we know about early modern theater practice, the author and the printer will affect modern editorial decisions. Focusing on key points of debate and controversy, this collection makes a vital contribution to a better understanding of editorial modern practice.List of illustrations; Preface; List of contributors; Introduction Lukas Erne and Margaret Jane Kidnie; Part I. Establishing the Text: 1. The two texts of Othello and early modern constructions of race Leah S. Marcus; 2. 'Work of permanent utility': editors and texts, authorities and origlsà