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Informationen zum Autor Demitra Papadinis divides her time between New Hampshire and New York City. She is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of the New England Shakespeare Festival and a founding member of New York City's WildBard! An expert in Unrehearsed Shakespeare/First Folio Cue-Script Technique, she presents workshops and educational programs at schools, colleges, and theatres throughout the country. Klappentext This annotated version of As you Like it, one of the Bard's wittiest and bawdiest plays, provides a detailed guide to its Elizabethan language and its references. It restores the drama to the language of the First Folio of 1623, including the original spelling, capitalization and punctuation. Practical annotation provides insights into the puns, allusions and world-play that characterize all of Shakespeare's dramas. Appendices enumerate the typographical errors that have been corrected in this version, in addition to offering stage directions from the First Folio, lineation amendations and original character tags. This restorative, no-nonsense approach will appeal to both aficionados and newcomers to Shakespeare's plays. Zusammenfassung This annotated version of As you Like It provides a detailed guide to its Elizabethan language and its references. It restores the drama to the language of the First Folio of 1623! including the original spelling! capitalization and punctuation. Practical annotation provides insights into the puns! allusions and world-play that characterize all of Shakespeare's dramas. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction Of Forthright Footnotes (or, putting the "count" back¿in "country")"Filthy Plaies and Enterluds"Why the First Folio?What's Wrong with Editing?The Importance of SpellingThe Importance of PunctuationNotes on the AnnotationAbbreviations of Key Reference WorksAs you Like it: First Folio Play-script with Accompanying Annotation Act I, scene iAct I, scene iiAct I, scene iiiAct II, scene iAct II, scene iiAct II, scene iiiAct II, scene ivAct II, scene vAct II, scene viAct II, scene viiAct III, scene iAct III, scene iiAct III, scene iiiAct III, scene ivAct III, scene vAct IV, scene iAct IV, scene iiAct IV, scene iiiAct V, scene iAct V, scene iiAct V, scene iiiAct V, scene ivTextual PreparationAppendix I (Typographical Errors Corrected)Appendix II (Stage Directions, Entrances and Exits Emended)Appendix III (Lineation Emended)Appendix IV (Character Tags Emended)Bibliography...
