An edition of Plays (36)
(1623)
The plays of William Shakespeare
in ten volumes; with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators
by William Shakespeare
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aka The First Folio
Contains 36 plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
King Lear
King Richard II
King Richard III
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale
Order varies by edition.
Publish Date
1773
Language
English
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Caliban, Sycorax, Iris, Ceres, Juno, Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Ferdinand, Gonzalo, Don Pedro, Don John, Claudio, Benedick, Leonato, Balthasar, Borachio, Conrade, Friar Francis, Dogberry, Verges, A Sexton, A Boy, Hero, Beatrice, Margaret, Ursula, Messengers, Watch, Attendants, Claudius, Hamlet, Polonius, Horatio, Laertes, Voltimand, Cornelius, Rosencrantz, Guildenstern, Osric, Gentleman, Priest, Marcellus, Bernardo, Francisco, Reynaldo, Players, Two Clowns, Fortinbras, Captain, English Ambassadors, Gertrude, Ophelia, Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors, Ghost of Hamlet's father, Juliet Capulet, Romeo Montague, Escalus, Mercutio, Paris, Lady Montague, Benvolio, Abram, Lady Capulet, Tybalt, Sampson, Peter, Gregory, Friar Lawrence, Friar JohnTimes
1901, 17th century, 16th century
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Table of Contents
CONTNETS: Dedication by Hemings and Condell to the folio. Preface by the same. Preface by Pope. Preface by Theobald. Preface by Hanmer. Preface by Warburton. Advertisement prefix'd to Steevens' twenty plays, etc. Rowe's Life of Shakespeare.
CONTENTS: - v.5. King John. Richard II. Henry IV, pt. 1-2. - v.6. Henry V. Henry VI, pt. 1-3. - v.7. Richard III Henry VIII Coriolanus. - v.8. JuliusCaesar. Antony and Cleopatra. Timon of Athens. Titus Andronicus. - v.9. Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear. - v.10. Romeo and Juliet. Othello.
CONTENTS: - v.1. Preface by Johnson. Advertisement by Steevens. Extract from the Gul's hornbook, by Decker, concerning our ancient theatres, etc. Catalogue of ancient translations from classic authors.
CONTENTS: Ms. in the Herald's office. Shakespeare's will. Passage by Johnson added to foregoing accounts. Observations on passages in the preface to the French translation of Shakespeare. Registers of the Shakespeare family.
CONTENTS: Commendatory verses on Shakespeare. List of the old editions of Shakespeare's plays. Folio editions:- poems:- plays ascribed to him. Tempest. Two gentlemen of Verona. Merry wives of Windsor. - v.2. Measure for measure.
CONTENTS: Comedy of errors. Much ado about nothing. Love;s labour lost. - v.3. Midsummer night's dream. Merchant of Venice. As you like it. Taming of a shrew. - v.4. All's well that ends well. Twelfth night. Winter's tale. Macbeth.
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This edition... became the standard for future editors and publishers - Jaggard.
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