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Purchase a full copy to get the text, plus explanatory notes, illustrations, and more. |  |\n| | Buy a copy |\n|  |  |\n\n\n| Front\u003Cbr>Matter\u003Cbr>ACT 1\u003Cbr>ACT 2\u003Cbr>ACT 3\u003Cbr>ACT 4\u003Cbr>ACT 5 | Contents\u003Cbr>From the Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library\u003Cbr>Textual Introduction Synopsis Characters in the Play\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 1 |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\nFrom the Director of the Folger Shakespeare  \nLibrary  \nIt is hard to imagine a world without Shakespeare. Since their composition four hundred years ago, Shakespeare’s plays and poems have traveled the globe, inviting those who see and read his works to make them their own.  \nReaders of the New Folger Editions are part of this ongoing process of “taking up Shakespeare,” finding our own thoughts and feelings in language that strikes us as old or unusual and, for that very reason, new. We still struggle to keep up with a writer who could think a mile a minute, whose words paint pictures that shift like clouds. These expertly edited texts are presented to the public as a resource for study, artistic adaptation, and enjoyment. By making the classic texts ofthe New Folger Editions available in electronic form as The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts), we place a trusted resource in the hands of anyone who wants them.  \nThe New Folger Editions of Shakespeare’s plays, which are the basis for the texts realized here in digital form, are special because of their origin. The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, is the single greatest documentary source of Shakespeare’s works. An unparalleled collection of early modern books, manuscripts, and artwork connected to Shakespeare, the Folger ’s holdings have been consulted extensively in the preparation of these texts. The Editions also reflect the expertise gained through the regular performance of Shakespeare’s works in the Folger ’s Elizabethan Theatre.  \nI want to express my deep thanks to editors Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine for creating these indispensable editions of Shakespeare’s works, which incorporate the best of textual scholarship with a richness of commentary that is both inspired and engaging. Readers who want to know more about Shakespeare and his plays can follow the paths these distinguished scholars have tread by visiting the Folger either in-person or online, where a range of physical and digital resources exists to supplement the material in these texts. 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