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The legitimation of printed playbooks in Shakespeare's time -- The making of "Shakespeare" -- Shakespeare and the publication of his plays (I): the late sixteenth century -- Shakespeare and the publication of his plays (II): the early seventeenth century -- The players' alleged opposition to print -- Why size matters: "the two hours' traffic of our stage" and the length of Shakespeare's plays -- Editorial policy and the length of Shakespeare's plays -- "Bad" quartos and their origins: Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, and Hamlet -- Theatricality, literariness, and the texts of Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, and Hamlet -- Appendixes: A. The plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries in print, 1584-1623 -- B. Heminge and Condell's "Stolne, and surreptitious copies" and the Pavier quartos -- C. Shakespeare and the circulation of dramatic manuscripts. |
