The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]Shakespeare, William
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]
Shakespeare, William
English drama
III. 2. 26. We have left ‘Nell’ in the text as the mistake is, in
all probability, Shakespeare’s own. He was thinking of the Duchess of
Gloucester. Oddly enough neither Rowe nor Pope discovered the blunder.
Shakespeare again wrote ‘Elianor’ or ‘Elinor’ for ‘Margaret’ in the
79th, the 100th, and 120th lines of this scene. In _Henry V._ V. 1.
the author has made a similar mistake and written ‘Doll’ for ‘Nell.’
See also note VII on _The Two Gentlemen of Verona_.
NOTE X.
III. 2. 182. This is a striking example of the way in which
corrections were made in the successive Folios; _i.e._ by mere
guess-work, without reference to the first. The true reading escaped
the notice of all editors before Capell.
NOTE XI.
IV. 10. 14. By comparing this scene as it stands in the Quartos with
that of the Folios it will appear that Shakespeare, in remodelling it,
intended that Iden should be alone when he encountered Cade, as his
first speech is evidently a soliloquy; and after he has killed Cade he
disposes of the body with his own hands. Shakespeare omitted, however,
to strike out the reference to the ‘five men’ in line 36.
Steevens who brought the servants on the stage forgot to send them off
it. The mistake remained uncorrected down to Mr Dyce’s first edition.
Another example of Shakespeare’s incomplete alteration of the Quarto
has been pointed out by Malone at V. 1. 56.
NOTE XII.
V. 2. 66. Malone, referring to the corresponding passage of the
Quartos, supposes that a line has been omitted, to the following effect:
‘Behold, the prophecy is come to pass;
For, &c.’
THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH.
DRAMATIS PERSONƆ.
KING HENRY the Sixth.
EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES, his son.
LEWIS XI. KING OF FRANCE.
DUKE OF SOMERSET.
DUKE OF EXETER.
EARL OF OXFORD.
EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
EARL OF WESTMORELAND.
LORD CLIFFORD.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.
his sons:
EDWARD, Earl of March, afterwards King Edward IV.,
EDMUND, Earl of Rutland,
GEORGE, afterwards Duke of Clarence,
RICHARD, afterwards Duke of Gloucester,
DUKE OF NORFOLK.
MARQUESS OF MONTAGUE.
EARL OF WARWICK.
EARL OF PEMBROKE.
LORD HASTINGS.
LORD STAFFORD.
uncles to the Duke of York.
SIR JOHN MORTIMER,
SIR HUGH MORTIMER,
HENRY, Earl of Richmond, a youth.
LORD RIVERS, brother to Lady Grey.
SIR WILLIAM STANLEY.
SIR JOHN MONTGOMERY.
SIR JOHN SOMERVILLE.
Tutor to Rutland. Mayor of York.
Lieutenant of the Tower. A Nobleman.
Two Keepers. A Huntsman.
A Son that has killed his father.
A Father that has killed his son.
QUEEN MARGARET.
LADY GREY, afterwards Queen to Edward IV.
BONA, sister to the French Queen.
Soldiers, Attendants, Messengers, Watchmen, &c.
SCENE: _England and France._
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† DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. First given, imperfectly, by Rowe.
THE THIRD PART OF KING HENRY VI.
ACT I.
SCENE I. _London. The Parliament-house_.
_Alarum. Enter the_ DUKE OF YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFOLK,
MONTAGUE, WARWICK, _and Soldiers_.
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