Description
The Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.
'A quite wonderful idea... So blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself' - Peter Hall
This edition accurately reproduces the text of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623), but in modern type. At a stroke the dust of ages is blown away and what Shakespeare actually intended is revealed to modern readers.
Now Shakespeareans everywhere - students, actors, directors - can see for themselves what the Folio really says.
As a further aid to understanding, on each opposing page the same text appears in a fully modernised version - a useful safety net whenever the Folio becomes problematic.
Each volume also contains:
- an introduction to the particular play
- textual notes
- an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate
- a facsimile page from the First Folio
About the Author
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright of some renown. Nick de Somogyi is an independent scholar and textual consultant. He is the founder editior of the Globe Quartos series for Nick Hern Books, and edits the Shakespeare Folios series.
Reviews
"A quite wonderful idea... So blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself" Peter Hall
Book Information
ISBN 9781854596765
Author William Shakespeare
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Nick Hern Books
Publisher Nick Hern Books
Weight(grams) 345g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 145mm * 15mm
