Dr. Faustus, Second Edition
W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition | June 1990 | ISBN-10: 0393900592 | 110 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
W. W. Norton & Company; 2 edition | June 1990 | ISBN-10: 0393900592 | 110 pages | PDF | 1.3 MB
New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:
• The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards
• Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings
• Glossing notes explaining obscure words and word-play
• Critical, contextual and staging notes
• Photographs of productions where applicable
• A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.