Item 61 - Letter from J. C. Maxwell to Sir Walter Greg

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Letter from J. C. Maxwell to Sir Walter Greg

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  • 3 Aug. 1955 (Creation)

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Department of English, University of Durham: King’s College, Newcastle upon Tyne.—Draws attention to an apparent error in The Shakespeare First Folio.

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University of Durham, Department of English King’s College, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1
3.8.55.

Dear Sir Walter,

In working on Timon, I’ve noticed a curious slip in your F.F., p. 411, n. 2. ‘Flavius’ has the authority of text and prefixes in I.ii. Unless you are meaning to express doubt whether this really is the ‘Steward’ of later scenes—but surely I.ii.154 ff. leaves no doubt about it. At II.ii.194, by the way, I doubt whether Sh. actually wrote ‘Flaminius’—‘Flavius’ scans better—tho’ it’s what the rest of the scene demands.

Yours sincerely,
J. C. Maxwell

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      Formerly inserted in Greg's copy of The Shakespeare First Folio (1955) (Adv. c. 26. 1).

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      This description was created by A. C. Green in 2020.

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