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6 X 10.Long New.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71397-9 - How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text Eugene Giddens Index More information Index accidental, 32, 44, 47, 100, 101, 116, 144 Brown, Arthur, 105, 149 act and scene divisions, 77–80 Brown, John Russell, 148, 150 advertisements, 12, 97 Buc, Sir George, 17 Alcorn, Thomas, 35 Burbage, Richard, 27 Allde, Edward, 40, 134 Burre, Walter, 61 Arden Shakespeare, 4, 50, 102, 112, 117, 149, 154, Burt, Richard, 13, 18 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 167 Butter, Nathaniel, 62 arguments, 75 Armin, Robert, 27 Cambises, 72 Aspley, William, 27, 61, 97 Cambridge School Shakespeare, 167 Cambridge University Library, 143 bad quartos, 23–5, 49 Campion, Thomas Barton, Anne, 163 Masque at Lord Hay’s Marriage, 72 Bate, Jonathan, 109, 112, 154, 163, 167 Capell, Edward, 161 Beaumont, Francis, 9, 12, 18, 23, 33, 35, 39, 41, capitalisation, 81, 85, 88, 93, 107, 140 66, 69, 147, 150, 152 Carson, Christie, 171 Beaumont, Francis and John Fletcher Carson, Neil, 8, 9, 10, 35 Wild Goose Chase, 18 casting off, 41, 42, 89, 90, 133, 134 Beaumont, Francis, John Fletcher, and Philip catchwords, 96, 124–5, 151 Massinger chainlines, 137–8 Beggar’s Bush, 62 Chamberlain’s Men, 27, 29, 58 Benson, John, 19 Chapman, George, 9, 65 Berger, Thomas L., 160 Chettle, Henry, 14, 18 Bertram, Paul, 102 Clare, Janet, 16, 17 Best, Michael, 170 collation, 121–3 beta radiography, 135 collation line, 151, 160–4 Bevington, David, 81, 151, 158, 162, 164 collation, stop-press correction, 142–5 Blackfriars Theatre, 27 colophons, 97 black-letter, 86 composing stick, 43, 133 Blayney, Peter W. M., 5, 35, 43, 50, 98, 124, 130, compositor, 43, 44, 45, 81, 90, 96, 107, 111, 112, 131, 132 118, 124, 133, 139–41, 148 Blount, Edward, 61, 97 Condell, Henry, 5, 27, 49 Bowers, Fredson, 1, 121, 123, 125, 146, 148, 150, Cooke, William, 48, 97 151, 171 copytext, 100–2 Braunmuller, A. R., 155 Crane, Ralph, 30, 31–3, 112 Briggs, Julia, 17 Creede, Thomas, 61, 97 Briquet, C. M., 135 Crooke, Andrew, 19, 48 British Library, 2, 94, 104, 145 Brome, Richard, 66, 69, 169, 170 Daniel, Samuel Antipodes, 22 Cleopatra, 75 Brooke, Arthur, 55 Danter, John, 40, 134 183 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71397-9 - How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text Eugene Giddens Index More information 184 Index Dawson, Anthony B., 117, 159, 160 Greetham, D. C., 1, 44 Dawson, John, 19 Greg, W. W., 1, 12, 25, 26, 33, 40, 43, 61, 62, 64, Day, John 79, 80, 88, 89, 100, 101, 116, 117, 119, 120, Isle of Gulls, 98 121, 122, 123, 124, 135, 146 dedications, 64–6 Greville, Curtis, 20 Dekker, Thomas, 14, 18, 148 Gurr, Andrew, 29 devices, 67 GuyEarlofWarwick, 60 Digby, Sir Kenelm, 19 dramatis personae, 71–5 Hailey, R. Carter, 137, 142 half-sheet imposition, 43, 120, 122, 123, 137 Early English Books Online (EEBO), 2, 104, 105, Hamlet on the Ramparts, 169 119, 121, 140, 169 Hammond, Antony, 83, 130, 139, 140, 154, 156, Edward I, 97 157 Edward III, 97 Hanabusa, Chiaki, 144 Edward IV, 97 Hawton, William, 18 Egan, Gabriel, 53, 59 headlines, 92–3, 118, 125–30 English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), 103, 119 Heawood, Edward, 135 Erne, Lukas, 24, 26, 35, 114, 118 Helgerson, Richard, 59 errata, 98 Heminges, John, 5, 49 eye skip, 45 Henslowe, Philip, 8–10, 18, 22, 35 Herbert, Mary fair copy, 12, 31, 33, 35, 101, 159 Antonius, 75 Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth, 61, 144 Herbert, Sir Henry, 13, 15 Farmer, Alan B., 68, 71, 74, 98 Herford, C. H., 142, 147, 162 Fletcher, John, 9, 12, 18, 23, 33, 35, 39, 41, 63, 66, Heywood, Thomas, 14, 152 69, 70, 97 If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody, 24, Monsieur Thomas, 138 67 Fletcher, John and Philip Massinger Hinman, Charlton, 43, 47, 105, 140, 142 Elder Brother, 58 Holland, Hugh, 65 Foakes,R.A., 66, 117, 165 Holland, Peter, 170, 171 folio, 36, 38, 41, 121, 135, 137, 138 Howard-Hill, T. H., 12, 31, 140, 141 Ford, John, 152, 171 Hunter, George K., 27, 49 ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, 98 Hunter, Michael, 33, 57, 150 Forker, Charles R., 16 Huntington Library, 16, 74, 143 format, 36–9 Hycke Scorner, 86 forme, 41, 43, 46, 47, 118, 125, 127, 131, 132, 135, 139, 142, 143, 144 illustations, 66–71 foul case, 45 initial-letter illustrations, 67 foul papers, 11, 101 Ioppolo, Grace, 11, 12, 26, 27, 28, 30, 45, 80, 81 fount, 39, 86, 134 Irace, Kathleen O., 24 italics, 81, 86, 90, 107, 131 Gabrieli, Vittorio, 14 Gager, William Jackson, MacDonald P., 7 Ulysses Redux, 124 Jacob and Esau, 73, 86, 94 Gants, David L., 135 Jaggard, Isaac, 61 Gaskell, Philip, 1, 34, 96 Jaggard, William, 61, 62, 97 gathering, 36, 41, 42, 95, 121, 123, 131, 132, 135 Jenkins, Harold, 23, 117 Giddens, Eugene, 9, 19, 65, 111, 127, 134, 156, 163 Jones, Gwilym, 157 Globe Theatre, 27, 28, 33, 49, 64, 85, 114 Jonson, Ben, 8–9, 12, 14–15, 19, 22, 34, 35, 38, 41, Goffe, William 46, 58, 60, 65–6, 69, 72–3, 79, 80, 88, 89, Careless Shepherdess, 97 90, 93, 94, 96, 122, 123, 127, 134, 138, 142, Goldberg, Jonathan, 33, 101, 102, 103, 167, 168 147, 150, 159, 162, 164, 170 Greenblatt, Stephen, 101, 154, 165 Alchemist, 61, 65, 73, 75, 121 Greene, Robert, 44 Case is Altered, 60, 79 Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, 58 Catiline, 58 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71397-9 - How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text Eugene Giddens Index More information Index 185 Epicene, 91 Malcontent, 13, 20, 27, 29, 46, 49, 60, 83, 91, Every Man In His Humour, 28, 92 93, 108, 115 Every Man Out of His Humour, 72, 74 Massai, Sonia, 62 Hymenaei, 72 Massinger, Philip Isle of Dogs, 14 Unnatural Combat, 58 Masque of Beauty, 72 Virgin Martyr, 58 Masque of Blackness, 72 Master of the Revels, 13, 14, 15, 18, 25 Masque of Queens, 11, 12, 94 May, James E., 103 Mortimer, 8, 25 McGann, Jerome J., 1, 101 New Inn, 35, 73, 75, 92 McKenzie, D. F., 125, 127, 130, 133 Poetaster, 87 McKerrow, R. B., 1, 2, 12, 31, 35, 44, 87, 99, 100, Sad Shepherd, 8, 25, 74, 77, 86, 145, 163 106, 124 Sejanus, 65, 83, 89, 94 McLeod, Randall (Random Cloud), 127, 142 Volpone, 9, 58, 75 McMullan, Gordon, 1 Jonson, Ben, John Marston, and George Meighen, Richard, 61 Chapman Meisei University, 104, 143 Eastward Ho!, 60 Melchiori, Giorgio, 14 Jowett, John, 50, 110, 152, 162, 170, 181 Middleton, Thomas, 12, 28, 66, 110, 150, 170 Game at Chess, 15, 29, 30, 31, 32 Kastan, David Scott, 102, 167, 169, 171 Puritan, 60 Kidnie, Margaret Jane, 25, 75, 156, 157, 172 Second Maiden’s Tragedy, 17, 22 King’s Men, 15, 20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 35, 60, 93 Witch, 115 Kirkman, Francis, 63 Middleton, Thomas and Thomas Dekker Kittredge, George Lyman, 161 Roaring Girl, 67 Klein, Karl, 159 Middleton, Thomas and Samuel Rowley Kliman, Bernice W., 102 Changeling, 97 Knight, Charles, 161 Fair Quarrel, 67 Knight, Edward, 93 Minton, Gretchen E., 117, 159, 160 Kyd, Thomas modernisation, 148–53 Cornelia, 75 Moseley, Anne, 63 Spanish Tragedy, 9, 27, 28, 59, 67, Moseley, Humphrey, 12, 18, 23, 33, 39, 40, 66, 69 69, 97 Mowat, Barbara A., 157 Lavagnino, John, 170 Mucedorus, 27, 35, 60 Lesser, Zachary, 35, 68, 71, 74, 88, 91, 98 Munday, Anthony, 14, 44 Levenson, Jill L., 134 Murphy, Andrew, 147 ligature, 92 Mustapha, 11, 12 Ling, Nicholas, 61 Lisle, George, 10 Nashe, Thomas, 14 Locrine, 60 New Bibliographers, 13, 35, 119 London Prodigal, 60 New Bibliography, 11, 12 Long, William B., 87 New Cambridge Shakespeare, 4, 149, 154, 159, Lyly, John 164, 167 Endymion, 57, 58, 90 New Variorum Shakespeare, 164 Norton facsimile of Shakespeare’s first folio, 47, Maguire, Laurie E., 24 105 Malone society, 47, 105, 137 Norton, John, 48 marginalia, 93–5 Norton Shakespeare, 154, 156, 165, 167 Marlowe, Christopher, 74 Dido, Queen of Carthage, 74 octavo, 37, 39, 95, 120, 121, 123, 135, 137 Doctor Faustus, 58, 60 old spelling, 148 Dr Faustus, 67, 69, 86 Onorato, Mary, 170, 171 Edward II, 53, 60, 77, 97 Orgel, Stephen, 33, 69, 114 Marston, John, 34, 65, 73 ornament, 39, 67, 97 Dutch Courtesan, 75 ornaments, 123–4 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-71397-9 - How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text Eugene Giddens Index More information 186 Index Oxford Shakespeare, 4, 101, 150, 151, 153, 157, All’s Well That Ends Well, 115 158, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167 Antony and Cleopatra, 57 Comedy of Errors, 79, 87, 88 page numbers, 96, 122, 123 Cymbeline, 97 Parker, John, 19 Hamlet, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 49, 50, 57, 58, Parry, Graham, 65 59, 61, 62, 77, 79, 80, 81, 86, 90, 91, 92, Pavier quartos, 62, 123, 135 96, 100, 101, 102, 103, 113–15, 116, 117, Pavier, Thomas, 62 137, 168 Peele, George, 108 Henry IV, part 2, 59, 74, 96 Pembroke’s Men, 14 Henry V, 23, 26, 29, 30, 57, 59, 149 Penguin Shakespeare, 111, 153, 163, 167 Henry VI, part 1, 151 Pickering, John Henry VI, part 2, 57, 58, 77, 97 Horestes, 71 Henry VIII, 7, 67 Pollard, A.
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