FW: RE: [Shakespeare Saturdays] Re: Quartos Going Online

[Barbara Lifton]

 

 

Barbara Lifton

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----- Original Message -----

From: Barbara Lifton

To: Jerry Marco

Sent: 3/27/2008 12:48:12 PM

Subject: RE: [Shakespeare Saturdays] Re: Quartos Going Online

I agree with Jerry.  However, for those who don't understand the importance of using 16th Century Shakespearean grammer and vocabulary--  the approach for actors should NOT be scholarly - it should be emotional and auditory.   SPEAK the older language __ LISTEN to the cadences and the sound of the words with the older pronounciation - and you get a much deeper emotional understanding of the text through the POETRY-as well as a deeper appreciation of his use of the sound of the words to convey meaning!   Never mind the phililogical stuff - leave that to academics!

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Jerry Marco

To: shakespear...@googlegroups.com

Sent: 3/26/2008 8:52:31 PM

Subject: [Shakespeare Saturdays] Re: Quartos Going Online.

Hi All,

 

I did send this to Jason, but I have to disown the part of the news story where it says "...the quartos are the closest we can get to what Shakespeare really wanted...". There may be a smidgen of evidence for that in one or two cases, but for most volumes this argument is incorrect. The quartos (and octavos, for those keeping track) were printed without Shakespeare's cooperation or consent.

 

The Folio, of course, was published by his friends 7 years after he died, so Will had no personal involvement in printing that one, either.

 

Every word we have of every Shakespeare play has already been through the hands of editors and compositors. We don't know "what Shakespeare really wanted."

 

In contrast, he wrote his poems for publication, and was involved with the printers, so for those, we have much greater confidence that what we read is what Shakespeare intended.
 

Just trying to keep everything in perspective.

Regards, Jerry

 

On 3/26/08, Jason Kendall <jasons...@gmail.com> wrote:

This was passed along from Jerry:

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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSL2658277020080326

What do you all think about this going online?  It might be something
the group uses for upcoming readings. Or maybe not.

Jason