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A character list (also known as a ''dramatis personae'') is a paratext that names most or all of the characters in a play. Many early modern playbooks included printed character lists, but some surviving texts include manuscript lists or printed lists that have been annotated. | A character list (also known as a ''dramatis personae'') is a paratext that names most or all of the characters in a play. Many early modern playbooks included printed character lists, but some surviving texts include manuscript lists or printed lists that have been annotated. | ||
== The Folger Shakespeare Library == | === The Folger Shakespeare Library === | ||
Jonson, Ben. ''Every Man in his Humour''. London: [By S. Stafford] for Walter Burre. 1601. Shelfmark [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=163327 STC 14766 Copy 1.] | Jonson, Ben. ''Every Man in his Humour''. London: [By S. Stafford] for Walter Burre. 1601. Shelfmark [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=163327 STC 14766 Copy 1.] | ||
A printed character list with annotations. | A printed character list with annotations. | ||
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A partial character list with descriptions written on the final page of the play. | A partial character list with descriptions written on the final page of the play. | ||
== The Boston Public Library == | === The Boston Public Library === | ||
[Middleton, Thomas.] ''The Revenger's Tragedy''. London: By G[eorge]. Eld. | |||
[Middleton, Thomas.] ''The Revenger's Tragedy''. London: By G[eorge]. Eld. 1607. [https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/4503410075_the_reuengers_tragaedie?active_tab=bib_info Call #: RARE BKS G.3977.37] | |||
A character list with several descriptions written on the [https://archive.org/stream/reuengerstragaed00tour?ui=embed#mode/2up title page verso]. | A character list with several descriptions written on the [https://archive.org/stream/reuengerstragaed00tour?ui=embed#mode/2up title page verso]. | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 28 June 2016
A character list (also known as a dramatis personae) is a paratext that names most or all of the characters in a play. Many early modern playbooks included printed character lists, but some surviving texts include manuscript lists or printed lists that have been annotated.
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Jonson, Ben. Every Man in his Humour. London: [By S. Stafford] for Walter Burre. 1601. Shelfmark STC 14766 Copy 1. A printed character list with annotations.
Massinger, Philip. The Fatal Dowry. London: John Norton for Francis Constable. 1632. Shelfmark STC 17646 Copy 3. A printed character list with annotations.
Shakespeare, William. The Merry Wives of Windsor. First Folio. 1623. Shelfmark STC 22273 Fo.1 no.57. A partial character list with descriptions written on the final page of the play.
The Boston Public Library
[Middleton, Thomas.] The Revenger's Tragedy. London: By G[eorge]. Eld. 1607. Call #: RARE BKS G.3977.37 A character list with several descriptions written on the title page verso.