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Paperback, [EAN: 9781334052262], Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Book, [PU: Forgotten Books], Forgotten Books, Excerpt from The Works of Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor We may be certain that the 1602 Quarto of Merry Wives was largely in their minds when John Heminge and Henry Condell wrote those words. It is so maimed and deformed that the Cambridge editors state truly that collation cannot be attempted between its text and that of the Folio. Halliwell called it a First Sketch, but he subsequently, in his Outline: of Me Life of Shakespeare, altered that view and pronounced it to be a very defective copy, one made up by some poetaster, with the aid of shorthand notes. Daniel says his conviction is in favour of one common original for both versions (folio and Quarto). I believe the Folio may be accepted as the text of the play in its entirety, with the usual amount Of press errors assumed and allowed for; and with also the painful possibility, the almost certainty, of corrup tions due to actors' innovations or alterations. But the Quarto has been so tinkered and battered that it can mainly be made use of as a check to the text in doubtful passages, and even then, as a clue, not as an author ity. If we consider the Folio as derived from another original, it is not derived from it in the same unscrupu lous fashion as the Quarto is, but is assuredly in the main identical with that original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works., 10159286011, Shakespeare, 2159, Dramas & Plays, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 491408, English Literature, 468236, Literature, 468206, Humanities, 465600, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, 2349030011, Specialty Boutique, 283155, Books<