Amazing Resource from The British Library: Shakespeare in quarto


	Amazing Resource from The British Library: Shakespeare in quarto
JohnWaterman
9-20-2007 7:12 AM
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literature, history, shakespeare, libraries, manuscripts
JohnWaterman says:
Amazing to be able to turn the pages and compare different versions of the same play.
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3-26-2008 3:07 PM
alanocu
Ok, so these are variants of the same plays? And you're able to compare the differences online. Interesting! Thanks for pointing to this clip. Makes much more sense now!
3-26-2008 3:54 PM
michellezm
Wow! Good one, John
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this site you will find the British Library’s 93 copies
of the 21 plays by William Shakespeare printed in quarto before
the		
theatres were closed in 1642.</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><DIV>Background information</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="verdana11"> In the <A href="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/background.html" class="verdana11link">Background</A> 
                              section you can find out about William Shakespeare, 
                              his works, his theatre world and the printing of 
                              his plays. Other web resources appear in our <A href="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/links.html" class="verdana11link">Links</A> 
                              section, with further reading in <A href="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/further.html" class="verdana11link">References</A>. 
                              You can also view a <A href="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/timeline.html" class="verdana11link">Timeline</A>.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><DIV>The afterlife</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><DIV>In the <A href="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/afterlife.html" class="verdana11link">Afterlife</A>  section
  you can see how Shakespeare's plays have changed in print and in performance,
  from the re-opening of the theatres in 1660.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><DIV>The texts</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html"><P>In the <A href="http://molcat1.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/search.asp" class="verdana11link">
    Texts</A> section you can view and compare our 93 copies of the 21 Shakespeare
    plays.
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