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Dryden and Davenant, The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island (Pages 12-15)

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Page 12: Charged struggles between Caliban and Prospero (above) are upstaged by focus on Prospero’s daughters’ introductions to men. Here Prospero’s added daughter, Dorinda, enters for the first time (below).

Page 13: Miranda and Dorinda reveal…

Cibber, The Tragical History of King Richard III (Pages 12-15)

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Page 12: The opening of the dialogue between Richard and Lady Anne in Cibber’s adaptation. Note the material is all either Shakespeare’s words (indicated by italics) or what Cibber calls “generally [Shakespeare’s] thoughts” rephrased by Cibber.
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Ravenscroft, Titus Andronicus, or The Rape of Lavinia (Preface)

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Ravenscroft’s Preface reflects the precipitous drop in the popularity of Titus Andronicus, now seen as “a heap of Rubbish,” needing revision to be made acceptable.

Cibber, The Tragical History of King Richard III (1777)

The Tragical History of King Richard III
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Excerpt: The 1777 edition no longer allows readers to see where Cibber has used, adapted, or added to Shakespeare’s text.