(Don’t assume that these are pronounced though.) The apostrophe is generally Italicisation is normal for proper nouns. Spelling can be notoriously inconsistent, sometimes toĭo with the amount of space available on a particular line or page.
Generally the ‘short s’ (our normal ) is found only This looks very much likeĪn only that the cross bar does not extend to the right of the line,Īs in the box on the right. The ‘long s’ (see the top right of this paragraph). If you consult facsimiles of Shakespeare, you’ll also see Therefore could represent a vowel or consonant sound.) Similarly, Īnd might also be used interchangeably (because was Rule was that you used at the start of a word, and Įlsewhere. You start looking at the folio and quarto texts in their unedited form, it willīe clear that the spelling and punctuation can be inconsistent and differs from The quarto and folio editions are available on the web: try going Fortunately, we needn’t go to fusty libraries and pore over oldįacsimiles. If we are interested in looking at Shakespeare’s English inĪ relatively undisturbed condition, we’ll need to look at the (good) quarto andįolio editions. Shakespeare’s complete works were published in a bigger folio Some, however, were unauthorised ones and contained many (Some of them wereĪuthorised texts, sold to printers particularly when the theatres were closedīecause of the plague. These would be individual plays in small volumes and it is these that areĬalled the quartos. During Shakespeare’s lifetime, some of his plays were printed. Shakespeare scholars might refer to the quarto or folio editions His works are easily available, though most printedĮditions of Shakespeare have undergone some form of editing. His English was obviouslyĭifferent from ours.
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