It is interesting to note that the Folio/Q2 line forms a perfect pun on “Who’s the heir?” – a reading with obvious thematic applications to the play and therefore most likely intentional on the part of an author who, as Samuel Johnson lamented, was addicted to his “fatal Cleopatra,” the double-tongued pun. Jonson, being a dictionary-maker, had sleight truck with the bard’s habit of epistemological mess-making via such punning evocations of theme and identity.
[…] textual variants—different versions of the same play—to spark student inquiry and analysis. In this blast from our blogging past, English teacher and Teaching Shakespeare Institute alum Sarah Lehn explains how her students […]
Fun with the First Folio | Folger SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY — March 10, 2015
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It is interesting to note that the Folio/Q2 line forms a perfect pun on “Who’s the heir?” – a reading with obvious thematic applications to the play and therefore most likely intentional on the part of an author who, as Samuel Johnson lamented, was addicted to his “fatal Cleopatra,” the double-tongued pun. Jonson, being a dictionary-maker, had sleight truck with the bard’s habit of epistemological mess-making via such punning evocations of theme and identity.
psi — September 30, 2014
[…] textual variants—different versions of the same play—to spark student inquiry and analysis. In this blast from our blogging past, English teacher and Teaching Shakespeare Institute alum Sarah Lehn explains how her students […]
Fun with the First Folio | Folger SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY — March 10, 2015