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Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, Published according to the true Original Copies (Fourth Folio, Catalogue)
Epitaph by Milton and Catalogue of Plays
Dryden and Davenant, The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island (Pages 12-15)
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…
Page 13: Miranda and Dorinda reveal…
Dryden and Davenant, The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island (Pages 30-31)
Page 30: Dorinda and Hippolyto (played by a female actor) titillate and amuse the audience by their confusion as they discover sexual feeling, without knowing what it is, having been raised in isolation from society on the island.
Page 31:…
Page 31:…
Tate, The History of King Lear (Page 4)
Page 4: Cordelia’s criticism of Lear’s demand to occupy sole place in his daughters’ hearts is understood by Lear in Tate’s version as deriving from her love for Edgar.
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.
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.
Ravenscroft, Titus Andronicus, or The Rape of Lavinia (Title and Cast)
Title Page
Cast of Characters: Ravenscroft’s play separates characters by national and ethnic affiliation.
Cast of Characters: Ravenscroft’s play separates characters by national and ethnic affiliation.
Ravenscroft, Titus Andronicus, or The Rape of Lavinia (Pages 10-11, 34-35)
Page 10: Ravenscroft’s greater focus on Aaron the Moor reveals how compelling Shakespeare’s villain remained. Here, Tamora showily presents Aaron for Saturninus’s approval
Page 11: Aaron discusses the invisibility of his blushes. Later in the play,…
Page 11: Aaron discusses the invisibility of his blushes. Later in the play,…
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