Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Old Taming of a Shrew: Upon Which Shakespeare Founded His Comedy, Reprinted From the Edition of 1594, and Collated With the Subsequent Editions of 1596 and 1607
Having undertaken, with the concurrence of the Coun cil of the Shakespeare Society, to prepare for the press a reprint of the old Play of The Taming of a Shrew, on which Shakespeare founded his lively and popular Comedy of The Taming of the Shrew, my desire has been to give, with scrupulous accuracy, the texts of the three earliest editions, published in 1596, and 1607. As these are all of the greatest rarity, there being but one copy known to be preserved of the first and second, and only three copies of the last of these editions, it seems desirable that a concise notice of each should be given, adverting to the circumstances which placed them in my hands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
