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act-and-scene divisions
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A Dictionary of Shakespeare
- Author:
- STANLEY WELLS
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act-and-scene divisions
None of the
quarto
editions of Shakespeare's plays issued before the
First Folio
appeared, in 1623, is divided into scenes, and only one,
Othello
, printed in 1622, is divided into acts.
In the Folio, six plays are undivided;
Hamlet
is only partially divided; eleven plays are divided into acts only; the remaining eighteen are divided into acts and scenes. Some of the divided plays are ones which had been printed without divisions in ...