...on the title-page as 'The Tragicall Historic of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke. By William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe...it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie'. This is the longest single version that we have. The enlargement is mainly in the contemplative and...

...tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke. By Hamlet William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and en161 1 larged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect coppy. At London, printed for lohn Smethwicke, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Saint Dunstons Church...

...'s dedicatory verses to the First Folio, whose Hamlet title-page boasts that the text has nearly ' enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie', ie, doubled in length. The written character of Hamlet and the problems posed by its interpretation...

...Henry IV Q.2 (1599), 'Newly corrected'; Richard III 0.3 (1602), 'Newly augmented'; Hamlet Qz (1604-5), 'Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe...it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie'; and the two-part play of The Whole Contention 0.3 (1619), 'newly corrected and enlarged'. But, though...

...Xragicall Hiftorie of HAMLET, 'Prince By William Shakefpeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to almoft as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie. AT LONDOH Printed by IR for NL and are to be fold at his (hoppc vndcr Saiat Dunftom Church Fig. 16....

...essay, "Burying Three Hamlets," pp. 45-46: "Hamlet was first printed in a 1603 Quarto; then it was 'Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe...it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie' in a Second Quarto dated 1605; and finally it appearred in an another altered form, 'Published according...

...or "Bad" Quarto appeared in print. The Second Quarto, according to its title page, offered the play "enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie." There is yet another early version of Hamlet different from the two quartos, the First Folio version...

...appropriate candidate for performance in academic venues would have been the second quarto (1604), "Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe...it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie." In comparison with this second ("good") quarto, the text of the first folio (1623) registers some significant...

...page reads: THE / Tragicall Historie of / HAMLET. / Prince of Drumarhe. / By William Shakespeare. / Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much / againe...it was, according to the true and perfect / Coppie. / AI LONDON, / Printed hy LR, for N, L, and are to he sold at his / shoppe vnder Saint Dunstons Church...

...publishers quickly learned during his lifetime, Shakespeare's name on the title page sells books, and "Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe...it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie" encourages faith in the buyer that the goods are genuine. But if we are interested in these scripts...