Obras Dramáticas (Biblioteca Clásica, Madrid)

In the late 19th century, Guillermo (or William) Macpherson translated many of Shakespeare's plays. A few were published individually, and they were later issued as Obras Dramaticas de Guillermo Shakespeare part of the Biblioteca Clásica series. Constituting 23 plays in eight volumes, with introductions by Eduardo Benot, Macpherson's translation was apparently well received, and the set was republished at least twice. The Folger has copies from three editions dating back to the Folgers' own acquisitions, though either they or early Folger catalogers identified as a complete edition what actually appears to be a "Frankenstein edition", assembled from halves of two different editions. Other libraries have done the same with these sets, including the Library of Congress. This page attempts to shed some light on this tangled bibliographic history.

Editions

1885-1897

Volume	Date	Digital images
1	1885
2	1885	University of Michigan
3	1885
4	1887	University of Michigan
5	1892	University of California, Michigan
6	1895	University of California, Michigan
7	1896	University of Michigan
8	1897	University of California, Michigan

1897-1899?

Volume	Date	Digital images
1	1897	Cornell University
2	1899	Cornell University
3	1899	University of Michigan
4
5
6
7
8	1899?

1908-1912?

Volume	Date	Digital images
1	1908
2	1909
3	1909
4	1907
5	1907
6
7
8	1912? 1914?

References

• Eduardo Julia Martínez, Shakespeare en España (Madrid: Tip. de la "Rev. de Arch., Bibl. y Museos", 1918), 38-49.
• Ricardo Ruppert y Ujaravi, Shakespeare en España (Madrid: Tip. de la "Rev. de Archivos, Bibl. y Museos", 1920), 69-70, 76-77.
• Alfonso Par, Shakespeare en la Literatura Español (Madrid: Librería General de Victoriano Suárez, 1935), 2:101-104.
• Pilar Regalado Kerson, "Hamlet en españa en el siglo XIX: Hacia un nuevo concepto de traducción Shakespeariana," Actas del XI Congreso de la Associación Internacional de Hispanistas (1992): 53-62.