Authors: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine
ISBN-13: 9780671722593, ISBN-10: 067172259X
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
Barbara A. Mowat is Director of Academic Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Editor of Shakespeare Quarterly, Chair of the Folger Institute, and author of The Dramaturgy of Shakespeare's Romances and of essays on Shakespeare's plays and on the editing of the plays.
Paul Werstine is Professor of English at King's College and the Graduate School of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is the author of many papers and articles on the printing and editing of Shakespeare's plays and was Associate Editor of the annual Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England from 1980 to 1989.
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Essay by Cynthia Marshall
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
Contents
Editors' Preface
Shakespeare's Cymbeline
Reading Shakespeare's Language: Cymbeline
Shakespeare's Life
Shakespeare's Theater
The Publication of Shakespeare's Plays
An Introduction to This Text
Cymbeline
Text of the Play with Commentary
Longer Notes
Textual Notes
Historical Background
Cymbeline: A Modern Perspective by Cynthia Marshall
Further Reading
Key to Famous Lines and Phrases