This is the seventh volume of the Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's works, edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. It gathers four tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, and Macbeth, with notes and textual apparatus. It is worth listening to for these enduring dramas and for the careful editorial presentation of Shakespeare's text.
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Opening of the book
THE WORKS
OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A.
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
THE WORKS
OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
EDITED BY
WILLIAM GEORGE CLARK, M.A.
FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC ORATOR IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE;
AND WILLIAM ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A.
LIBRARIAN OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
VOLUME VII. Cambridge and London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1865.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Tƒŧ Preface
vii
RLjƽŧLj ĵƿŠ JǼƯƗŧǵ
3
Notes to Romeo and Juliet
136
An Excellent Conceited Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet
143
TƗƽLjƿ Ljż AǵƒŧƿǪ
201
Notes to Timon of Athens
307
JǼƯƗǼǪ CĻǪĵǡ
319
Notes to Julius Cæsar
416
Mĵŕœŧǵƒ
421
Notes to Macbeth
521
PREFACE.
1. The first edition of RLjƽŧLj ĵƿŠ JǼƯƗŧǵ was published in 1597, with the following title:
Aƿ | EΎŕŧƯƯŧƿǵ | conceited Tragedie | OF | Romeo and
Iuliet, | As it hath been often (with great applause) | plaid publiquely, by the right Ho-|nourable the L. of
Hunsdon | his Seruants. | LLjƿŠLjƿ, | Printed by Iohn
Danter. | 1597. |
After Sig. D, a smaller type is used for the rest of the play, and the running title is changed from 'The most excellent Tragedie, of Romeo and Iuliet' to 'The excellent Tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet.'
The text of this first Quarto differs so widely from that of later and more perfect editions, that it is impossible to record the results of a collation in footnotes: we have therefore reprinted it. When we refer
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