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What is the folio edition for a play?
"Folio" refers to the size of the book, about 15 inches tall with each page about 11 inches wide. It was made of sheets of 15 x 22 inch paper folded once. A "Quarto" edition started with the same size of paper folded twice, so each page was 11 inches by 7.5 inches, a little narrower than letter size bond. Some of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear, were printed as a single play in Quarto format during Shakespeare's lifetime, sometimes more than once. But after his death, in 1623, two of his business associates and friends, Heminges and Condell, published 36 of his plays in Folio Format, in a book we now call The First Folio. The Quarto and Folio versions of the play are often quite different (especially with Hamlet and King Lear). So, with Hamlet, you will see references to Quarto 1 or Q1, the First or "bad" quarto publication of 1603, Quarto 2, or Q2, the "good" quarto of 1604 or the Folio text of 1623. The Folio text, for example, does not have Hamlet's final soliloquy, "How all occasions do inform against me", but parts that are in the Folio are missing from Q2 as well.
What are the most performed versions of Romeo and Juliet?
Almost all productions are based on the version in the second Quarto and the First Folio, rather than the First Quarto version.
What is the First Folio?
The First Folio describes the first, officially published texts of William Shakespeare's plays, which were produced in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. The word "folio" simply describes the size of paper on which they were printed, and is used to differentiate them from unofficial "quarto" editions published during Shakespeare's lifetime. Again, "quarto" describes the size of the paper on which they were printed.
How long was Hamlet?
There are many different versions even of Shakespeare's Hamlet and have been from the outset. Two Quarto versions were published in Shakespeare's lifetime and a different version was published in the Folio. The First Quarto was shorter than the other two which can take over three hours to perform. If you add all the bits of the Second Quarto which are not in the Folio to the Folio edition it takes over four hours. But in fact, most productions cut it back so it can be performed in about two-and-a-half hours.
How much is an original copy of Shakespeare's plays?
A lot depends on whether it is a Quarto (single play) or a copy of the Folio (the collected plays). The highest price paid for a Quarto was on July 12, 2007, for a perfect copy of the fourth quarto of Richard III. The price was 1,750 pounds which at that time was equivalent to 8,750 USD. A First Folio, on the other hand, is worth much more. About a year earlier, in July 2006, a complete First Folio (a rare item, as only about 40 now exist) was sold for 2,500,000 pounds.
How many times is daggers in Hamlet?
The word "daggers," or "dagger," appears four times in the Second Quarto printing. It appears three times in the First Folio verson. The difference is not in the dialogue, but in a stage direction in the last scene.
When was King Lear published?
The First Quarto version of King Lear was published in 1608. But this version is quite different from the version which appeared in the First Folio in 1623.
What version of romeo and Juliet is most often played?
The play was issued in what is called a "bad quarto" in 1597 and in a second quarto in 1599. All subsequent printings including the Folio text and all performance scripts are based on the 1599 version, not the 1597 one.
What is the name of the substance that killed Hamlet's father?
In the Second Quarto publication of 'Hamlet' the Ghost calls it "Hebona." In the First Folio publication it's spelled "Hebenon." It isn't certain which word Shakespeare wrote, but the Second Quarto was published when he was still alive, and "Hebona" sounds better in the poetic dialogue.
What is a quarto edition?
n., pl. -tos. # The page size obtained by folding a whole sheet into four leaves. # A book composed of pages of this size. [Short for Middle English (in) quarto, (in) the fourth part (of a sheet), from Medieval Latin (in) quārtō, from Latin, ablative of quārtus, fourth.] Dictionary research
Month and date Romeo and Juliet was published?
what was the date romeo and juliet was published?
Did shakespeare really write the prologue to Romeo and Juliet There is some question about the authorship since it doesn't appear in the Folio of 1623?
The authorship of the prologue to Romeo and Juliet is attributed to Shakespeare based on early printed versions of the play. While it doesn't appear in the First Folio of 1623, many scholars believe it was likely part of the original play. The prologue's style and themes are consistent with Shakespeare's work, supporting his authorship.
