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Zusatztext Praise for William Shakespeare: Complete Works “Remarkable . . . makes Shakespeare’s extraordinary accomplishment more vivid than ever.”—James Shapiro! professor! Columbia University! bestselling author of A Year in the Life of Shakespeare: 1599 “A feast of literary and historical information.”— The Wall Street Journal Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. A. R. Braunmuller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford ( King John ) and Cambridge ( Macbeth ) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Stephen Orgel is the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books include Imagining Shakespeare , The Authentic Shakespeare , Impersonations: The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare’s England and The Illusion of Power . Klappentext The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With definitive texts and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals for many years to come. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Act 1 Scene 1 running scene 1 Enter Justice SHALLOW, SLENDER [and] Sir Hugh EVANS SHALLOW Sir Hugh, persuade me not. I will make a Star Chamber matter of it. If he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert SHALLOW, esquire. SLENDER In the county of Gloucester, Justice of Peace and Coram. SHALLOW Ay, cousin SLENDER, and Custalorum. SLENDER Ay, and Rato-lorum too; and a gentleman born, master parson, who writes himself Armigero in any bill, warrant, quittance or obligation, Armigero. SHALLOW Ay, that I do, and have done any time these three hundred years. SLENDER All his successors - gone before him - hath done't, and all his ancestors - that come after him - may. They may give the dozen white luces in their coat. SHALLOW It is an old coat. EVANS The dozen white louses do become an old coat well. It agrees well passant. It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. SHALLOW The luce is the fresh fish. The salt fish is an old coat. SLENDER I may quarter, coz. SHALLOW You may, by marrying. EVANS It is marring indeed, if he quarter it. SHALLOW Not a whit. EVANS...
