An examination of forty-one Shakespearean play texts, the 'bad quartos' or 'memorial reconstructions'.

Using case studies of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and Titus Andronicus, this book examines what constitutes a 'Shakespearean text'.

We know Shakespeare's writings only from imperfectly-made early editions, from which editors struggle to remove errors. The New Bibliography of the early twenti

Based on three lectures given by Professor Richard Proudfoot in October 1999 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Globe, The Arden Shakespeare's centenary

An invaluable introductory guide for students on how to engage with the original printed texts of Shakespeare and his contemporaries.