Shakespeare's Early Editors

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Criticism
Early Editors of Shakespeare

see also: English editions in a European context (translators of Shakespeare)

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John Hemminge and Henry Condell, (1623)
First Folio edition of Shakespeare's Plays
The First Folio and Early Quartos of William Shakespeare [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/shakespeare/folio/] (Nov. 2002)

Nicholas Rowe (1709)
Rowe, Nicholas. The Life of Mr. William Shakespeare (1709) [http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/rowe.htm] (Sept. 2002)
On Rowe's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1110.html]
Sample page from Macbeth [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg102.htm]

Alexander Pope (1723-25)
Pope, Alexander. The life and death of King Lear IN The works of Shakespear : in six volumes / collated and corrected by the former editions, by Mr. Pope (1723-1725) [http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/SCETI/PrintedBooksNew/]
Sample page from Macbeth [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg105.htm]
Conjectures and restorations of Pope (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1111.html]

Lewis Theobald (1726)
Theobald, Lewis. Shakespeare restored (1726) Furness library [http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/]
Pope's Controversy with Theobald (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1112.html]

Sir Thomas Hanmer (1744)
On Hanmer's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1113.html]
Some illustrations from Hanmer's edition by Hubert Gravelot [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html]

William Warburton (1747)
On William Warburton [http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/warburton.htm]
Warburton used Pope's edition, see: Warburton's ignorance of the old text (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1114.html]

Samuel Johnson (1765)

On Johnson's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1115.html]
Johnson, Samuel Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. (1765) [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/criticism/johns_il.html]
Johnson, Samuel. Annotations on Hamlet (1765) [http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/hamlet.html]
Johnson, Samuel. Excerpt from Notes on Shakespeare
Johnson, Samuel. Johnson On Shakespeare (London : Oxford University Press, 1929), pp. 189-196. Transcribed and edited by Thomas Larque. [http://shakespearean.org.uk/ham1-joh.htm]
Johnson, Samuel. Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane. [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/johnson1b.html]
Samuel Johnson page [http://www.samueljohnson.com/]

Edward Capell (1767-68)
Capell, Edward. (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1116.html]

George Steevens (1773)
Steevens and Johnson (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1117.html]

Some illustrations from Steeven's edition [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html]
Bell 1774
Sample page [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg105.htm]

Edmond Malone (1790; 1821)
on Malone's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1118.html]
The Malone Society [http://www.smuc.ac.uk/malone/]

Samuel Weller Singer (1826)
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

Barry Cornwall (Bryan Waller Procter) (1843)
Some illustrations from Cornwall's edition [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html]
Biography of Bryan Waller Procter [http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/6BIOL.htm]

Payne Collier (1844)
Collier, Notes and Emendations appeared in 1853
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)
"The Perkins Folio" - Forging a Collection [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/collier.htm]

Hudson (1851)
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

Nikolaus Delius (1854)
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

Alexander Dyce (1857)
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

Grant White (1861)
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright: The Cambridge Shakespeare (1863-66)
on the Cambridge Shakespeare (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1120.html]

James Orchard Halliwell -Phillipps (1865 )
on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21)
[http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002)

Charles Knight (1876)
"Imperial edition": Some illustrations [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html]

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..	Criticism Early Editors of Shakespeare see also: English editions in a European context (translators of Shakespeare)
........	John Hemminge and Henry Condell, (1623) First Folio edition of Shakespeare's Plays The First Folio and Early Quartos of William Shakespeare [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/shakespeare/folio/] (Nov. 2002) Nicholas Rowe (1709) Rowe, Nicholas. The Life of Mr. William Shakespeare (1709) [http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/rowe.htm] (Sept. 2002) On Rowe's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1110.html] Sample page from Macbeth [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg102.htm] Alexander Pope (1723-25) Pope, Alexander. The life and death of King Lear IN The works of Shakespear : in six volumes / collated and corrected by the former editions, by Mr. Pope (1723-1725) [http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/SCETI/PrintedBooksNew/] Sample page from Macbeth [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg105.htm] Conjectures and restorations of Pope (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1111.html] Lewis Theobald (1726) Theobald, Lewis. Shakespeare restored (1726) Furness library [http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/] Pope's Controversy with Theobald (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1112.html] Sir Thomas Hanmer (1744) On Hanmer's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1113.html] Some illustrations from Hanmer's edition by Hubert Gravelot [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html] William Warburton (1747) On William Warburton [http://www.thoemmes.com/encyclopedia/warburton.htm] Warburton used Pope's edition, see: Warburton's ignorance of the old text (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1114.html] Samuel Johnson (1765) On Johnson's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1115.html] Johnson, Samuel Mr. Johnson's Preface to his Edition of Shakespear's Plays. (1765) [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/criticism/johns_il.html] Johnson, Samuel. Annotations on Hamlet (1765) [http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/hamlet.html] Johnson, Samuel. Excerpt from Notes on Shakespeare Johnson, Samuel. Johnson On Shakespeare (London : Oxford University Press, 1929), pp. 189-196. Transcribed and edited by Thomas Larque. [http://shakespearean.org.uk/ham1-joh.htm] Johnson, Samuel. Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane. [http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/rp/poems/johnson1b.html] Samuel Johnson page [http://www.samueljohnson.com/] Edward Capell (1767-68) Capell, Edward. (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1116.html] George Steevens (1773) Steevens and Johnson (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1117.html] Some illustrations from Steeven's edition [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html] Bell 1774 Sample page [http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg105.htm] Edmond Malone (1790; 1821) on Malone's edition (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1118.html] The Malone Society [http://www.smuc.ac.uk/malone/] Samuel Weller Singer (1826) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) Barry Cornwall (Bryan Waller Procter) (1843) Some illustrations from Cornwall's edition [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html] Biography of Bryan Waller Procter [http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/6BIOL.htm] Payne Collier (1844) Collier, Notes and Emendations appeared in 1853 on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) "The Perkins Folio" - Forging a Collection [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/exhibits/forgery/collier.htm] Hudson (1851) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) Nikolaus Delius (1854) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) Alexander Dyce (1857) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) Grant White (1861) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright: The Cambridge Shakespeare (1863-66) on the Cambridge Shakespeare (The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1120.html] James Orchard Halliwell -Phillipps (1865 ) on nineteenth century editors:(The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, 1907 - 21) [http://www.bartleby.com/215/1119.html] (Sept. 2002) Charles Knight (1876) "Imperial edition": Some illustrations [http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/exhibits/enchant/18th-19th_centuries.html]
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