Hamlet: The Texts of 1603 and 1623
Contributors: Neil Taylor (Editor); Ann Thompson (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Arden
Published: March 22, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781904271550
Subjects: Literature: Texts; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Plays / Drama; Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Description: "This volume gives readers the First Quarto text of 1603 and the Folio Text of 1623, modernised and edited to the usual Arden standard. As a companion to the Second Quarto volume, it will be of particular interest to scholars and students of textual history, or to anyone studying Hamlet at an advanced level. Both plays are edited and annotated and the introduction contains the fullest available stage history of the First Quarto text. This volume gives readers the First Quarto text of 1603 and the Folio Text of 1623, modernised and edited to the usual Arden standard. As a companion to the Second Quarto volume, it will be of particular interest to scholars and students of textual history, or to anyone studying Hamlet at an advanced level. Both plays are edited and annotated and the introduction contains the fullest available stage history of the First Quarto text" -- Publisher description.
Notes: Arden Shakespeare: Third Series