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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>Prologue\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 3\u003Cbr>Scene 4\u003Cbr>Scene 5\u003Cbr>Chorus Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 3\u003Cbr>Scene 4\u003Cbr>Scene 5\u003Cbr>Scene 6\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 3\u003Cbr>Scene 4\u003Cbr>Scene 5\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 3\u003Cbr>Scene 4\u003Cbr>Scene 5\u003Cbr>Scene 1\u003Cbr>Scene 2\u003Cbr>Scene 3 |\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. I commend to you these words, and hope that they inspire.  \nMichael Witmore  \nDirector, Folger Shakespeare Library  \nTextual Introduction By Barbara Mowat and Paul Werstine  \nUntil now, with the release of The Folger Shakespeare (formerly Folger Digital Texts), readers in search of a free online text of Shakespeare’s plays had to be content primarily with using the Moby™ Text, which reproduces a late-nineteenth century version of the plays. What is the difference? Many ordinary readers assume that there is a single text for the plays: what Shakespeare wrote. But Shakespeare’s plays were not published the way modern novels or plays are published today: as a single, authoritative text. In some cases, the plays have come down to us in multiple published versions, represented by various Quartos (Qq) and by the great collection put together by his colleagues in 1623, called the First Folio (F) . There are, for example, three very different versions of Hamlet, two ofKing Lear, Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, and others. Editors choose which version to use as their base text, and then amend that text with words, lin","cbCaimzBCaFmpjeu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimzBCaFmpjeu","pdf",753180,123,"English","# Front Matter\n## ACT 1\n## ACT 2\n## ACT 3\n## ACT 4\n## ACT 5\n# Contents\n## From the Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library\n## Textual Introduction\n## Synopsis\n## Characters in the Play\n## Prologue\n## Chorus","[{\"question\":\"What is the main idea behind the Folger Shakespeare text editions?\",\"answer\":\"The editions present carefully edited Shakespeare plays based on early printed sources and transparent editorial decisions, designed for study and enjoyment.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do Shakespeare’s plays have multiple versions?\",\"answer\":\"Shakespeare’s plays were not published like modern works, so different published versions survive, including various Quartos and the First Folio.\"},{\"question\":\"How can readers tell where the Folger text has been changed?\",\"answer\":\"Editorial interventions are marked with square brackets, half-square brackets, or angle brackets, which readers can inspect for more information.\"}]","Romeo and Juliet - read online free | PDF",1789945872,189]