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early quartos of individual Shakespeare plays, the University
Libraries houses copies of the 1674 version of Macbeth,
a circa 1686 edition of Julius Caesar, and the
1703 Hamlet.
The Libraries
also holds a copy of The History of King Lear in
the extremely scarce 1699 version by Nahum Tate. Tate’s
version of King Lear changed Shakespeare’s
original tragic and death-filled ending by having Cordelia
and Edgar marry and King Lear retire happily ever after.
Tate’s version completely supplanted Shakespeare’s
original version on the stage until 1838.
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| Macbeth, a
tragædy. With all the alterations, amendments, additions,
and new songs. As it's now acted at the Dukes Theatre. London,
Printed for P. Chetwin, 1674. Alterations and additions by
Sir William D'Avenant. |
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Hamlet's
famous soliloquy, Act 3, Scene 1, "To be or not to
be...." The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark.
: As it is now acted by Her Majesties Servants. London.
Printed for Rich. Wellington, at the Dolphin and Crown in
Pauls Church-Yard, and E. Rumball in Covent-Garden., 1703. |
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| Julius
Cæsar: A Tragedy. As it is now Acted At The Theatre
Royal. Written by William Shakespeare.
London, Printed by H.H. Jun. for Hen. Herringman, and R.
Bentley in Russel-street in Covent-Garden, and sold by Joseph
Knight and Francis Saunders at the Blew-Anchor in the Lower
Walk of the New-Exchange in the Strand. [ca.1684]. |
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| The History
of King Lear, acted at the Queens Theatre. Reviv'd with alterations,
by N. Tate.
London, Printed by H. Hills, for R. Wellington and E. Rumbold,
and sold by B. Lintott, 1699. |
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