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FROMTHEWORLDFAMOUSROYALSHAKESPEARECOMPANY,THEFIRSTAUTHORITATIVE,MODERNIZED,ANDCORRECTEDEDITIONOFSHAKESPEARE’SFIRSTFOLIOINTHREECENTURIES.SkillfullyassembledbyShakespeare’sfellowactorsin1623,theFirstFoliowastheoriginalCompleteWorks.ItisarguablythemostimportantliteraryworkintheEnglishlanguage.ButstartingwithNicholasRowein1709andcontinuingtothepresentday,ShakespeareeditorshavemixedFolioandQuartotexts,graduallycorruptingtheoriginalCompleteWorkswitherrorsandconflatedtextualvariations.NowJonathanBateandEricRasmussen,twooftoday’smostaccomplishedShakespeareanscholars,haveeditedtheFirstFolioasacompletebook,resultinginadefinitiveCompleteWorksforthetwenty-firstcentury.Combininginnovativescholarshipwithbrilliantcommentaryandtextualanalysisthatemphasizesperformancehistoryandvalues,thislandmarkeditionwillbeindispensabletostudents,theaterprofessionals,andgeneralreadersalike.