William Shakespeare

John Wilders

Lois Potter

John Fletcher

E. A. J. Honigmann

Thomas Wallace Craik

The Arden Shakespeare

Seven Tragedies : the Dramatist's Manipulation of Response

Shakespeare

In a groundbreaking piece of scholarly detective work, Professor Honigmann - editor of the forthcoming Arden 3 edition of Othello - uncovers in more detail than any previous study the hidden history of the two early texts of Othello, the Quarto and the Folio. He traces the crucial role played by two men in transforming Shakespeare's almost illegible manuscript to print: Thomas Walkley, the publisher of the Quarto, and Ralph Crane, the scribe who prepared the printer's copy for the Folio. Through careful analysis of particular passages Honigmann exposes the extent to which versions of Othello adopted by editors and widely regarded as fundamentally 'Shakespearean' were profoundly influenced by others than Shakespeare himself. Questioning time-honoured editorial procedures the findings of Texts of Othello have implications for many other of the plays of the Shakespeare canon, and more widely for questions of authorship and the doctrine of the 'better text'.

The Texts of Othello and Shakespearean Revision

This literary detective story throws light on the problem of what Shakespeare was doing between leaving school and appearing as an actor and playwright in London. Bringing forward historic and documentary evidence, this text argues that Shakespeare worked as a schoolmaster and player for a wealthy Catholic landowner in Lancashire and later for the Earl of Derby. One of the book's conclusions is that Shakespeare was probably a Roman Catholic. Step by step, this story of patronage, recusancy and aspiring talent is pursued through complex family relationships.

The "lost Years"

Susan Brock

An Edition of Wills by Shakespeare and His Contemporaries in the London Theatre

Playhouse Wills, 1558-1642

The Texts of Othello and Shakespearian Revision

Essays in Comparison

Shakespeare and His Contemporaries

E. A. J. Honigmann

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