The family Shakspeare, in ten volumes : in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family

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Title:

The family Shakspeare, in ten volumes : in which nothing is added to the original text, but those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family

Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

ISBN:

9784902454161

Personal Author:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Publication Information:

Kyoto : Eureka Press, 2009.

Physical Description:

10 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.

General Note:

Originally published: The 2nd ed. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820.

Accompanied by a commentary volume by Kaneko Yūji in Japanese (15 p. ; 19 cm.) entitled: 19-seiki Eikoku Katei no tame no Sheikusupia gikyoku zenshū.

Contents:

v. 1. Tempest ; Two gentlemen of Verona ; Merry wives of Windsor ; Twelfth night -- v. 2. Measure for measure ; Much ado about nothing ; Midsummer-night's dream ; Love's labour's lost -- v. 3. Merchant of Venice ; As you like it ; All's well that ends well ; Taming of the shrew -- v. 4. Winter's tale ; Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John -- v. 5. King Richard II ; King Henry IV, part 1-2 ; King Henry V -- v. 6. King Henry VI, part 1-3 -- v. 7. King Richard III ; King Henry VIII ; Troilus and Cressida -- v. 8. Timon of Athens ; Coriolanus ; Julius Cæsar ; Antony and Cleopatra -- v. 9. Cymbeline ; Titus Andronicus ; King Lear -- v. 10. Romeo and Juliet ; Hamlet ; Othello.

Added Author:

Bowdler, Thomas, 1754-1825.

Kaneko, Yūji.

Added Title:

19-seiki Eikoku Katei no tame no Sheikusupia gikyoku zenshū.

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Summary

This is a facsimile reprint of the second edition of Bowdler's famous collection of Shakespeare's plays, first published in 1820. Following the first edition, which was most likely edited by his sister, Thomas Bowdler completed this collection himself. His practice of expurgating material he deemed improper or offensive--especially to the perceived delicate sensibilities of women and children--became synonymous with this type of censorship. He believed his 'bowdlerized' Shakespeare was more appropriate to grace the libraries of British families of the period. His edition remained popular throughout the Victorian age and was published in many different editions. This second edition includes Bowdler's introductory notes to some of the plays and is generally considered to be his best work.