The Plays Of William Shakespeare Vol 9

Author : Samuel Weller Singer Charles Symmons
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330871119
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 9 written by Samuel Weller Singer Charles Symmons and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 9: With Notes The general scheme of the plot of Cymbeline is formed on the ninth novel of the second day in the Decamerone of Boccaccio. It appears from the preface of the old translation of the Decamerone, printed in folio in 1620, that many of the novels had before received an English dress, and had been printed separately. A deformed and interpolated imitation of the novel in question was printed at Antwerp, by John Dusborowghe, as early as 1518, under the following title: 'This matter treateth of a merchauntes wife that afterwarde wente lyke a man and becam a greate lorde and was called Frederyke of Jennen afterwarde.' It exhibits the material features of its original, though the names of the characters are changed, their sentiments debased, and their conduct rendered still more improbable than in the scenes of Cymbeline. A book was published in London in 1603, called 'Westward for Smelts, or the Waterman's Fare of mad merry western Wenches, whose Tongues albeit like Bell-clappers they never leave ringing, yet their Tales are sweet, and will much content you: Written by Kitt of Kingstone.' It was again printed in 1620. To the second tale in this work Shakspeare seems to have been indebted for the circumstances in his plot of Imogen's wandering about after Pisanio has left her in the forest; her being almost famished; and being taken at a subsequent period into the service of the Roman general as a page. But time may yet bring to light some other modification of the story, which will prove more exactly conformable to the plot of the play. Malone supposes Cymbeline to have been written in the year 1609. 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.