Shakespeare: Text, Stage and Canon

130 Pages·2000·24.76 MB·English

by  Richard Proudfoot

SHAKESPEARE:
TEXT, STAGE AND
CANON
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The Arden Shakespeare
ALL’SWELLTHATENDSWELL editedbyG.K.Hunter*
ANTONYANDCLEOPATRA editedbyJohnWilders
ASYOULIKEIT editedbyAgnesLatham*
THECOMEDYOFERRORS editedbyR.A.Foakes*
CORIOLANUS editedbyPhilipBrockbank*
CYMBELINE editedbyJ.M.Nosworthy*
HAMLET editedbyHaroldJenkins*
JULIUSCAESAR editedbyDavidDaniell
KINGHENRYIVParts1and2 editedbyA.R.Humphreys*
KINGHENRYV editedbyT.W.Craik
KINGHENRYVIPart1 editedbyEdwardBurns
KINGHENRYVIPart2 editedbyRonaldKnowles
KINGHENRYVIPart3 editedbyA.S.Cairncross*
KINGHENRYVIII editedbyGordonMcMullan
KINGJOHN editedbyE.A.J.Honigmann*
KINGLEAR editedbyR.A.Foakes
KINGRICHARDII editedbyPeterUre*
KINGRICHARDIII editedbyAnthonyHammond*
LOVE’SLABOUR’SLOST editedbyH.R.Woudhuysen
MACBETH editedbyKennethMuir*
MEASUREFORMEASURE editedbyJ.W.Lever*
THEMERCHANTOFVENICE editedbyJohnRussellBrown*
THEMERRYWIVESOFWINDSOR editedbyGiorgioMelchiori
AMIDSUMMERNIGHT’SDREAM editedbyHaroldF.Brooks*
MUCHADOABOUTNOTHING editedbyA.R.Humphreys*
OTHELLO editedbyE.A.J.Honigmann
PERICLES editedbyF.D.Hoeniger*
THEPOEMS editedbyF.T.Prince*
ROMEOANDJULIET editedbyBrianGibbons*
SHAKESPEARE’SSONNETS editedbyKatherineDuncan-Jones
THETAMINGOFTHESHREW editedbyBrianMorris*
THETEMPEST editedbyVirginiaMasonVaughan
andAldenT.Vaughan
TIMONOFATHENS editedbyH.J.Oliver*
TITUSANDRONICUS editedbyJonathanBate
TROILUSANDCRESSIDA editedbyDavidBevington
TWELFTHNIGHT editedbyJ.M.LothianandT.W.Craik*
THETWOGENTLEMENOFVERONA editedbyCliVordLeech*
THETWONOBLEKINSMEN editedbyLoisPotter
THEWINTER’STALE editedbyJ.H.PaVord*
*Secondseries
SHAKESPEARE:
TEXT, STAGE AND
CANON
v
Richard Proudfoot
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgements viii
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword by R.A. Foakes x
Preface xiii
1 Text 1
2 Stage 32
3 Canon 61
Notes 97
Index 111
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Acknowledgements
The author and publishers are grateful to the following
individuals, companies and institutions for permission to
reproduce copyright material. Every eVort has been made to
contact copyright holders and the publishers will be happy to
include further acknowledgments.
Illustrations: W.W. Norton and Company, New York and
London (p. 10); Thomson Learning (p. 27); Shakespeare’s
Globe(p.37);TheBritishLibrary,11795t85f7v,Notes(p.51);
Conway Library/Courtauld Institute of Art/The Provost and
Fellows of Worcester College (p. 59); Klaus Lefebvre/Bu¨hnen
der Stadt Ko¨ln (p. 94).
Text extracts: Folger Shakespeare Library (p. 6); Cambridge
University Press (pp. 33–4, 42); Routledge (pp. 42–3); Oxford
University Press (p. 43); Associated University Presses
(pp. 55–6).
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