[William Shakespeare]Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623 (djvu){Zzzzz}

For the first time, a photographic facsimile of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays is available in one affordable volume. Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies gives actors, directors, and anyone interested in Shakespeare access to the plays as Shakespeare envisioned them. In returning to the original text, actors and directors can find answers to the many problems they find preparing a play of Shakespeare. Included is the introduction to acting from the First Folio and its accompanying acting guide and glossary, making this the most valuable tool for all who love the Bard.

Product Description
About the Author
Doug Moston teaches acting at Yale University and New York University.


Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (21 May 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0878300880
ISBN-13: 978-0878300884

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Affordable facsimile - fascinating stuff 23 April 2000
By "lexo-2x" -
Assuming that you can't afford a hundred quid for some more elaborately presented facsimilie of the First Folio, this is the one to get. There is some minimal evidence of touching up, but really it's like the arguments about the proper edition of "Ulysses" - fascinating to scholars but barely of interest to anybody else. The First Folio is the most important Shakespearean document, containing as it does the _only_ text of Macbeth, amongst many other marvels, and if (like me) you work in the theatre it's highly unlikely that you're going to want anything more beautifully put together than this. Highly unlikely, too, that you'll be able to afford anything more elaborate than this. Mr. Moston and his team are to be congratulated. Scholars may quibble but they're only scholars. Get this, and Stephen Greenblatt's Norton Shakespeare, and you'll have all the Will you'll ever need.

A must have for any actor! 7 December 1999
By W. Kevin Stevens -
If you are involved in theatre in any way this is the Shakespeare book to have. Unknown to the common person, the Shakespeare paperback you go and buy at any store, even here, has been edited! This is Shakespeare's complete works as a playwright in the closest form to Mr. Shakespeare's own hand. It was compiled by 2 actors that worked with Shakespeare when he was alive so they knew what they were doing. Because there were no directors in Shakespeare's time, Shakespeare had to direct through the text itself. By editing from this folio, history has erased valuable information Shakespeare wanted his actor's to have. The introduction is amazing! Doug Moston is the only expert on Shakespeare when it comes to acting.