The Globe in print : the book of the play in the age of Shakespeare /
How did the popular drama of Shakespeare's age become literature? Editorial efforts since the first folio of 1623 have attempted to establish a correct, final text of Shakespeare's plays. Yet the text in the theater changed constantly in front of different venues and audiences. Stephen Org...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2024].
©2024. |
| Series: | Oxford textual perspectives.
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| Summary: | How did the popular drama of Shakespeare's age become literature? Editorial efforts since the first folio of 1623 have attempted to establish a correct, final text of Shakespeare's plays. Yet the text in the theater changed constantly in front of different venues and audiences. Stephen Orgel examines what happens to plays when they become books. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 124 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-120) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198920555 9780198920557 0198920547 9780198920540 |