The Tragedy of Othello
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Othello is that of the Folio of 1623. On this text the following edition is mainly founded ;and it is that of the Globe, Cambridge, and other modern and reliable versions. We have to consider the following editions of the play. The first appearance in print was in Quarto, of the date 1622, with the following title :THE Tragedy ofO thello, The Moore of Venice. As it hath beene diuerse times acted a...
MoreOthello is that of the Folio of 1623. On this text the following edition is mainly founded ;and it is that of the Globe, Cambridge, and other modern and reliable versions. We have to consider the following editions of the play. The first appearance in print was in Quarto, of the date 1622, with the following title :THE Tragedy ofO thello, The Moore of Venice. As it hath beene diuerse times acted at the Globe, and at theB lack Friers, by his Maiesties Seruants. Written by William Shakespeare. LONDON, Printed by N. O. forT homas Walkley, and are to be sold at his shop, at theE agle and Child, in Brittans Burffe. I622.1 This is the first Quarto, Qi. The next appearance ofO thello was in the well-known first Folio, FI, November 1623. In 1630 Richard Hawkins issued a second Quarto ofO thello, with the same title-page, differing only in the vignette, the date, and the words Printed by A. M. for Richard Hawkins, and are to be sold at his shoppe inC hancery Lane, neere Sergeants I nne. 1T here is a vignette of clasped hands grasping a caduceus, flanked by cornucopise, and surmounted by a Pegasus, which does duty again on the title of Lear, Quarto i. It appears to be the device of Nicholas Okes.
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