![]() He and Anne Hathaway, his wife, married in 1582.įorest of Arden, a formerly very extensive wooded area, north of Stratford-upon-Avon of central England provided the setting for As You Like It of Shakespeare. People note exceptional verbal wit, psychological depth, and emotional range of English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, who included such historical works as Richard II, comedies like Much Ado about Nothing, and such tragedies as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear and also composed 154 sonnets before people published posthumously First Folio, which collected and contained edition of 36 plays in 1623. Whether you’re an actor looking for a reliable text or a student dipping into the Bard’s work for the first time, these unique and unprecedented First Folio Editions are the most authentic and friendly source for the words that Shakespeare himself crafted for the stage. This style of printing the Folio has been proven to be effective in rehearsal and performance with both beginning and veteran actors, and is inviting and relaxing to read. The compact and messy style of ordinary Shakespeare Folio printings has here been streamlined and adapted for the modern reader and actor. The line numbering that editors commonly add to the Folio have been eliminated, the character names have been written out the manner seen in any play script today, and the prose lines have been loosened out of their artificial margin bounds and put into their natural flowing state. Now, for the first time ever, the Folio is presented in a clear, reader-friendly format. The embedded stage direction, breath structure, and unique spelling of the First Folio fundamentally influence the way actors speak and readers read these plays. The First Folio is the only reliable record we have today of Shakespeare’s plays. Romeo and Juliet is here presented in the original First Folio text.
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