![]() Not all of Shakespeare’s plays were published during his life so that eighteen of them only survive as part of the First Folio, including Julius Caesar, Macbeth and The Tempest.Īround 750 copies of the First Folio were published in 1623, seven years after his death. ![]() They worked from manuscripts and prompt copies now lost to us, as well as earlier printed editions of some of the plays. The text was collated by two of Shakespeare’s friends and fellow actors, John Heminge and Henry Condell. The First Folio is the first collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays. Greenįellowship from York University, and a minor Scholarship from SSSHRC.What is significant about Shakespeare’s First Folio? His awards include the John Gielgud Scholarship USA NationalĮndowment of the Arts Major Artists's Fellowship the Joseph G. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Neil Freeman (1941-2015) was Associate Professor Emeritus in theĭepartment of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University ofīritish Columbia (UBC). He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564. To strip away the accretions of overpunctuation, of act- and scene-divisions imposed by later editors to recapture the feel of the plays' first performances." - The New York Observer Versions designed not just to be read but to re-create for actors and directors something closer to the unmediated playscripts used by Shakespeare's own company. " What Applause has issued are not facsimiles of the 1623 folio, but modern-type versions of the original spelling texts (under the direction of-and with commentary by-the scholar Neil Freeman). ![]() " They are extremely actor-friendly and share the greatest thing to happen for Shakespearean actors at the end of this century, an annotated, unedited original text, spelling mistakes and all." - Mark Rylance, Artistic Director, Shakepeare's Globe Invaluable to conceiving and creating one's own interpretation." - Richard Rose, Director, Stratford Festival " At last! A readable form of the original Folios. destined to become standard texts in schools, universities, and libraries." - Tina Packer, Artistic Director, Shakespeare & Co. " Neil Freeman is handing you the same text that William Shakespeare handed his actors. While other complete Folio editions continue to trade simply on the facsimile appearance of the Elizabethan look, none of them is easily and practically utilized in general Shakespeare studies or performances. Never has there been a Folio available in modern reading fonts. The heavy mascara of four centuries of Shakespearean glossing has by now glossed over the original countenance of Shakespeare's work. Notes by Neil Freeman also advise the reader on variations between Folios and Quartos. Notes refer the reader to subsequent editorial interventions, and offer the reader a multiplicity of interpretations. The Folio text forces us to re-examine the assumptions and prejudices which have encumbered over four hundred years of scholarship and performance. The Folio is the source of all other editions. New visual clues allow readers to explore where modern texts have altered the original First Folio line structure (in some plays involving as many as 200 lines or more).New easy coding system guides readers directly to single topics far more swiftly and efficiently than comparable attempts in modern editions.Opposite each page of text is a blank page for reader notes and comments.Glosses highlight scholarship of the last four centuries.Footnotes discuss many of the Quarto and modern text variations.Comprehensive introduction for each of the plays.Ample exercises for practice and inspiration.Faithful reproduction of the text as presented in the First Folio of 1623, in clear and legible modern type, with original compositors indicated.The Applause First Folio Editions compare the differences between the first printings and the best modern texts of Shakespeare’s works, with special emphasis on issues relevant to each particular play: If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition of The Merry Wives of Windsor that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts edited by Neil Freeman. HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still
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