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Q1 of Hamlet (also called the "First Quarto", full title The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke) is a short early text of the Shakespearean play.
The earliest texts of William Shakespeare 's works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries in quarto or folio format. Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size.
Q1 of Hamlet (also called the " First Quarto ", full title The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke) is a short early text of the Shakespearean play. The intended publication of the play is entered in the Stationers' Register in 1602 by James Roberts, but Q1 was not published until summer or autumn 1603.
The shorter of the two versions by about one quarter, the first quarto has high-paced action, fuller stage directions than the second quarto, and fascinating alternatives to the famous speeches in the longer version.
This new critical edition is designed for students, scholars and actors who are intrigued by the first printed text of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Although the first quarto has been reprinted many times, there is no other modernised edition in print.
- William Shakespeare
- 1998
A quarto (from Latin quārtō, ablative form of quārtus, fourth) is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which 8 pages of text were printed, which were then folded two times to produce four leaves. Each leaf of a quarto book thus represents one fourth the size of the original sheet.
Hamlet (Quarto 1, 1603) 0.1 THE. Tragicall Hi st orie of. HAMLET. Prince of Denmarke. By William Shake- s peare. As it hath beene diuer s e times a ct ed by his Highne ss e s er -. uants in the Cittie of London: as al s o in the two V -. niuer s ities of Cambridge and Oxford, and el s e-where.
