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154 in 1923 Edward H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe added it to their repertoire.

 

The text of the present edition is, by permission of the Oxford University Press, based on that of the Oxford Shakespeare, edited by the late W. J. Craig. Stage directions, when not bracketed, are from the First Folio; bracketed stage directions are modern.

In the following list of variants from the Oxford text, the readings of this edition precede, and Craig's readings follow, the colon. The Folio authority is given wherever involved.

cere: sear Ff

bands: bonds Ff

heap'st Ff: heap'st instead

constant-qualified: constant, qualified Ff

a friend Ff: afraid

understand Ff: understand that

change thou chancest: chance thou changest Ff

primroses: prime-roses Ff

''Imo. reads Ff : Imo''.

trust Ff: truest

self exhibition Ff1, 4: self-exhibition Ff2, 3

sense Ff: senses

foil Ff: soil

fear'd Ff: sear'd

order'd Ff: ordered

mingled Ff2, 3, 4 (F1 wing-led): winged

So rarely Ff : rarely

bastards Ff: bastards all

may be named Ff2, 3, 4 (Fl name): man may name 