The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet
Subtitle: a frankly annotated first folio edition
By: William Shakespeare ; annotated and with an introduction by Demitra Papadinis
Contributors: Papadinis, Demitra
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780786447480
Copyright date: 2010
Description: "This annotated edition of The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet restores the language of Shakespeare to that of the First Folio of 1623. It provides footnotes and annotations, candid and plainspoken in their accounting of Shakespeare's themes. An introduction is included, as are appendices detailing typographical errors, stage directions, emended lineations and character tags from the First Folio"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments      vi; title: Preface      1; title: Introduction; title: Of Forthright FootNotes (or, putting the “count” back in “country”)      3; title: “Filthy Plaies and Enterluds”      6; title: Why the First Folio?      8; title: What’s Wrong with Editing?      10; title: The Importance of Spelling      12; title: The Importance of Punctuation      15; title: Notes on the Annotation      21; title: Abbreviations of Key Reference Works      25; title: The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet: First Folio Play-script with Accompanying Annotation; title: Act I, scene i      28; title: Act I, scene ii      62; title: Act I, scene iii      78; title: Act I, scene iv      92; title: Act I, scene v      118; title: Act II, scene i      136; title: Act II, scene ii      138; title: Act II, scene iii      168; title: Act II, scene iv      184; title: Act II, scene v      228; title: Act II scene vi      238; title: Act III, scene i      246; title: Act III, scene ii      270; title: Act III, scene iii      290; title: Act III, scene iv      310; title: Act III, scene v      314; title: Act IV, scene i      342; title: Act IV, scene ii      358; title: Act IV, scene iii      364; title: Act IV, scene iv      370; title: Act V, scene i      394; title: Act V, scene ii      406; title: Act V, scene iii      410; title: Textual Preparation      449; title: Appendix I (Typographical Errors Corrected)      463; title: Appendix II (Stage Directions, Entrances and Exits Emended)      464; title: Appendix III (Lineation Emended)      468; title: Appendix IV (Character Tags Emended)      469; title: Bibliography      473