Browse Items (78 total)
Sort by:
Cibber, The Tragical History of King Richard III (Preface)
Preface: Cibber’s Preface discusses his method of distinguishing his work from Shakespeare’s, allowing us to see the mix of writers at a glance.
Page 1: The first act of Cibber’s adaptation concerns Henry VI – already murdered in Shakespeare’s…
Page 1: The first act of Cibber’s adaptation concerns Henry VI – already murdered in Shakespeare’s…
Garrick, Cymbeline: A Tragedy (Page 68-69)
Excerpt from Act 5, Scenes 5-6. The italics indicate that this material was not part of the performance. They produce a reading experience focused on performance as the purpose of the text even as the text includes additional materials – perhaps like…
Nesbit, The Children's Shakespeare (Introduction)
Nesbit’s introduction presents a rationale for prose adaptations in the guise of depicting her children’s reproachful bafflement by the difficulty of Shakespeare’s language.
Nesbit, The Children's Shakespeare (Page 10)
Nesbit emphasizes the difficulty of the task and the children’s need for narrative, rather than Shakespeare’s distinctive language. For grown-up Nesbit, “the stories are the least part of Shakespeare.”
Godwin, The Greenwood Tree: A Portrait of William Shakespeare (Pages 60-61)
Pages 60-61: A young William courts Anne Hathaway in the forest using his own poetry. This fantasy connects Shakespeare’s professional writing with his personal life.
Godwin, The Greenwood Tree: A Portrait of William Shakespeare (Pages 128-129)
Pages 128-129: The Godwins depict Queen Elizabeth I as “absorbed” by a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Via Elizabeth’s perspective, they offer conventional praise of Shakespeare’s ability to inspire the audience’s identification with his…
Godwin, The Greenwood Tree: A Portrait of William Shakespeare (Pages 104-105)
Pages 104-105: Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Christopher Marlowe debate the age’s potential for literary greatness at a tavern, as a happy barmaid hoists a tankard.
Featured Item
No featured items are available.