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1 CHAKESPEARE T)UARTERLY Autumn 1977 VOLUME 28, NUMBER 4 Published by The

2 Shakespeare on the American Stage FROM THE HALLAMS TO EDWIN BOOTH By Charles H. Shattuck xiv pages, 106 illustrations Cloth $19.95 Paper $7.95 How long has Shakespeare been performed in America? What was the American theatre like in the early nineteenth century when performers such as Edmund Kean and Fanny Kemble brought Shylock and Portia, Hamlet and Ophelia to life in New World environments? Now at last we have an authoritative survey of Shakespeare's place in the formative years of the American theatre. Extensively illustrated with over 100 photographs (four in full color) of actors and actresses, scene designs, playhouses, and playbills Shakespeare on the American Stage features a vibrant narrative by the distinguished theatre historian, Charles H. Shattuck of the University of Illinois. Like The Hamlet of Edwin Booth (1969), The John Philip Kemble Promptbooks (11 vols., 1975), and Professor Shattuck's other publications, Shakespeare on the American Stage will immediately be recognized as one of the standard histories of Shakespeare in performance. It will also be welcomed as a timely evocation of some of the most fascinating chapters in the cultural history of the United States. TOLGERo TOOKS Published by the FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY Washington, D.C

3 SHAKESPEARE QUARTERLY Published by the Gerald Eades Bentley Princeton University James P. Elder Levi Fox Shakespeare Birthplace Trust EXECUTIVE BOARD O. B. Hardison, Jr. Philip A. Knachel S. Schoenbaum University of Maryland EDITOR John F. Andrews Bernard Beckerman Columbia University David M.Bergeron University of Kansas David Bevington University of Chicago Maurice Charney Rutgers University AlanC. Dessen University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Roland M. Frye University of Pennsylvania Cyrus Hoy University of Rochester Dorothy H. Wickenden Editorial Assistant Brenda B. Szittya Editorial Consultant EDITORIAL BOARD BIBLIOGRAPHER Harrison T. Meserole Pennsylvania State University PRODUCTION STAFF Ellen W. Faran Production Manager Harry Levin Harvard University Jeanne Addison Roberts American University Marvin Rosenberg University of California, Berkeley Charles H.Shattuck University of Illinois Susan Snyder Swarlhmore College Homer Swander University of California, Santa Barbara John W. Velz University of Texas, Austin Arnell Hammond Subscription Clerk Martha B. Gibbons Promotion Consultant Founded by The Shakespeare Association of America in 1950, Shakespeare Quarterly has been published by The since July The Folger is an independent research library administered by the trustees of Amherst College. Shakespeare Quarterly is printed by William Byrd Press (2901 Byrdhill Road, Richmond, Virginia 23228), and is entered as second-class matter at the Washington, D.C. Post Office and at additional mailing offices. It is published in Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn of each year. Articles published in Shakespeare Quarterly are indexed in The Humanities Index and in the MLA International Bibliography; they are also abstracted and indexed in the World Shakespeare Bibliography included each Autumn in Shakespeare Quarterly. ISSN All correspondence and business communications should be addressed to Shakespeare Quarterly,, 201 East Capitol Street, Washington, D.C Articles submitted for publication, books to be reviewed, and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, with any material the sender wishes to receive back accompanied by a self-addressed envelope and return postage. To subscribe, send check or money order payable to Shakespeare Quarterly to the above address. Subscription rates are as follows: ONE YEAR TWO YEARS THREE YEARS U.S.A. $12.50 $24.00 $35.00 Outside the U.S.A. $15.00 $28.00 $41.00 Single issues of the current volume may be ordered from the Quarterly office at $3.50 per copy. A limited number of copies of earlier issues are also available, at prices varying with quantities remaining. Reprints of Shakespeare Quarterly may be ordered through AMS Press, 56 East 13th Street, New York, New York THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY 1977

4 Da Capo Books on the Bard * Shakespeare's Use of Music by John H. Long Volume I: A Study of the Music and its Performance in the Original Production of Seven Comedies Volume II: The Final Comedies This two-volume work shows how Shakespeare used both instrumental and vocal music as dramatic devices in all sixteen of his comedies, with contemporary accounts providing additional insight into the theatrical and musical conventions of the period. Authentic or appropriate musical scores accompany almost every situation calling for the performance of music. (Volume I.Gainesville 1955; Volume II, Gainesville 1961) $16.50 each Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson Wilson ( ), a London-based composer and theatrical conductor linked to some of the finest early 20th-century productions of Shakespeare, examines the complete body of incidental music composed for them up to the time he was writing. Music written for or inspired by each play is listed chronologically by composer, discussed in terms of the dramatic scene it relates to, and evaluated musically. (London, 1922) $14.95 Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th Centuries by Edward W. Naylor "... a standard reference work which explains Shakespeare's innumerable musical references in terms of the music of his day..." The American Record Guide "... Its greatest usefulness will be as a guide to those involved in producing Elizabethan and Jacobean plays. Naylor shows that many lines of the plays which might be unintelligible today include musical references that an informed director can help his actors make meaningful." Choice (New York and London, 1931) $9.75 Shakespeare Music (Music of the Period) Edited by Edward W. Naylor In this volume Professor Naylor, a pioneer in research on Shakespeare and music, provides the complete words and music to dozens of songs, duets, and dances popular in Shakespeare's time, including incidental music to Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Twelfth Night. He also details the various combinations of instruments and variations in tuning necessary to produce a musical effect close to that of the original. (London and Philadelphia, 1927) $10.95 T\A radt\ BULBS IMf* 227 Wert 17th Street, Uri \J\X\J rkkd, IINL* New**, N.Y

5 a view of 17"1 century ENGLAND Travel exhibits are available on free loan from the. The scope of T u d o r and Stuart England is represented in material on the life of the city man, the country man, and a very famous man William Shakespeare. Ideal for schools, museums, and conferences, the exhibits may be reserved by writing: Travel Exhibits Office,, 201 East Capitol Street, S.E., Washington, D.C S.PAULK CHURCH The basic exhibit contains reproductions of drawings, paintings, and book illustrations in the Folger Collection, as well as a slide set, a q u a r t o facsimile, posters, booklets, and exhibition cards. Special exhibits contain rare material folios and quartos of the 1600's, original playbills and prints from early pro-