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Alexander in 1957. Peter Alexander, CBE, FBA (19 September 1893 – 18 June 1969) was a Scottish literary scholar. He was Regius Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Glasgow and a noted Shakespearean scholar. His collected works of Shakespeare are known as "the Alexander text". [1]
Peter Thump (fict) fights a duel with his master Thomas Horner in Henry VI, Part 2. Thurio is a cowardly suitor to Silvia (and therefore a rival of Valentine) in The Two Gentlemen of Verona . Timandra and Phrynia are whores, or mistresses of Alcibiades, in Timon of Athens .
Originally, the bad quarto theory was generally accepted by scholars. First suggested by Samuel Johnson in the original edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765), it remained the predominant theory until challenged by Edmond Malone in The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare (1790), favouring the early draft theory. In 1929, Peter ...
The first page of King John from the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623. King John is closely related to an anonymous history play, The Troublesome Reign of King John (c. 1589), the "masterly construction" [9] the infelicitous expression of which led Peter Alexander to argue that Shakespeare's was the earlier play. [13] E. A. J.
The theory originated with Samuel Johnson in 1765, and was refined by Peter Alexander in 1928. True Tragedy is an early draft of Shakespeare's play published in the 1623 First Folio as The third Part of Henry the Sixt. The theory originated with Edmond Malone in 1790 as an alternative to Johnson's memorial reconstruction theory, and is ...
Iago and Othello in an illustration from Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare. For Iachimo see Jachimo. Iago is the villain (and the main character, measured by the number of lines spoken) of Othello. Alexander Iden (hist) kills Jack Cade in Henry VI, Part 2. Imogen is the daughter of the king in Cymbeline. Her husband, Posthumus ...
Some scholars, such as Peter Alexander and Eric Sams, believe that the oft-attributed source work known as the Ur-Hamlet was actually a first draft of the play, written by Shakespeare himself sometime prior to 1589. [2] Summary Prince Hamlet is visited by his father's ghost and ordered to avenge his father's murder by killing King Claudius, his ...
Peter Alexander may refer to: Pete Alexander (born Grover Cleveland Alexander; 1887–1950), American baseball player Peter Alexander (Shakespearean scholar) (1893–1969), professor of English language and literature at the University of Glasgow