Screen LibraryEarly modern playhouse manuscripts and the editing of Shakespeare
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 430 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781107020429 (hardback) 1107020425 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | I561 |
| CLC: |
I561.063 I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/W498 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-422) and index. Introduction: reading W.W. Greg -- 1. The discovery of 'foul papers' -- 2. Redefining 'foul papers' -- 3. Playhouse MSS: what bookkeepers did not do -- 4. Playhouse MSS: what bookkeepers did -- 5. Behind the stage/in the tiring house -- Conclusion: empirical editing of Shakespeare -- The manuscripts -- Appendix A. Characteristics of Gregian 'foul papers' in playhouse texts -- Appendix B. Knight's placement of stage directions in Beleeue -- Appendix C. Physical evidence of dramatist-bookkeeper collaboration. "London Playhouse Manuscripts and the Editing of Shakespeare argues for editing Shakespeare's plays in a new way, without pretending to distinguish authorial from theatrical versions. Drawing on the work of the influential scholars A. W. Pollard and W.W. Greg, Werstine tackles the difficult issues surrounding 'foul papers' and 'promptbooks' to redefine these fundamental categories of current Shakespeare editing. In an extensive and detailed analysis, this book offers insight into the methods of theatrical personnel and a reconstruction of backstage practices in playhouses of Shakespeare's time. "-- |