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Thomas and Harriet Bowdler, The Family Shakspeare (Preface)
Preface to The Family Shakespeare (pages xvi-xix) xvi: Bowdler’s preface balances praise for Shakespeare with acknowledgment that much of his content is “so indecent” as to make Bowdler desire to erase it. Bowdler speculates that Shakespeare catered…
Thomas and Harriet Bowdler, The Family Shakespeare (Tempest)
The Tempest, Pages 18-19 (Act I, Scene II)
The Works of Mr. William Shakepear. Volume the Seventh. Containing, Venus & Adonis. Tarquin & Lucrece and his Miscellany Poems
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Though this volume of Shakespeare’s poetry was printed on its own, its title (“Volume the Seventh”) and layout were designed to invite the owner to add it to Rowe’s 6-volume edition of Shakespeare’s plays.
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The volume reprinted…
Though this volume of Shakespeare’s poetry was printed on its own, its title (“Volume the Seventh”) and layout were designed to invite the owner to add it to Rowe’s 6-volume edition of Shakespeare’s plays.
Excerpt
The volume reprinted…
Tate, The History of King Lear (Pages 66-67)
Pages 66-67: Tate’s Lear ends with Lear and Gloucester alive and reconciled to their children, and Edgar and Cordelia jointly placed on English throne by Lear.
Tate, The History of King Lear (Page 63)
Page 63: In Tate’s version, Lear turns action hero, seizing a weapon from the guards and successfully fighting them off until Edgar and Albany rescue him and Cordelia.
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