Such poor neglected books!

[mirrorshard]

I've been collecting copies of a particular Shakespeare set, one of the early mass-market paperback editions -


EACH NUMBER SOLD SEPARATELY
AT THE RATE OF M0,30

THE PLAYS
OF
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
IN
37 PARTS.

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No. 21.
KING HENRY VIII.

LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1868.


The problem is, this one had uncut pages. The poor thing's been around so long, and nobody's wanted to read it... that really appals me. It may not be the most popular of plays, but still, it deserves a careful cherishing. And got it, taking full advantage of the lovely acoustics in my kitchen. Though the fact that its first experience had to involve a sharp knife is possibly not ideal.

Comments

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

It's right here in front of me, and it's definitely VIII!

Got Cardinal Wolsey, Anne Bullen, Queen Katharine, and all the others in, too.

[ceirseach.livejournal.com]

.....

That's all I have to say on that.

also. THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM.

*runs off to consult her reliable trusty Norton*

and please - scannage of first few pages?

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

It's a TOTAL hatchet job on Wolsey.

[ceirseach.livejournal.com]

I shall consult Norton as soon as I can be betohered getting out of bed.

(Still don't BELIEVE you.)

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

Ha. I look forward to being proved RIGHT, and will quite happily bet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_%28play%29) on (http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/bibliography/bibliography.htm) its (http://www.william-shakespeare.info/shakespeare-play-king-henry-viii.htm) existence (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1136).

[angevin2.livejournal.com]

It was written circa 1613, ten years after Elizabeth died, and by then depictions of the Tudors in history plays were fairly common. Also, it only goes through the first two queens, so most of Henry's nastier moments aren't in it (indeed, there are some strong nostalgia bits here and there).