Abstract
Preface Abbreviations and conventions Introduction: 1. Textual provenance: a century of 'bad quartos' Past thinking about Q1 Romeo and Juliet The early draft / revision theory Memorial reporters? Stage abridgement, not memorial reconstruction? Evidence of memorial agency Alternatives to the traditional narrative A version for the provinces? Theatrical abridgement Textual provenance: conclusion 2. Dramatic specificities: Pace and action Stage directions The betrothal scene Characterization Inconsistent time references 3. Publication and printing: The First Quarto in 1597 The First Quarto after 1597 Note on the text List of characters THE PLAY Textual notes Appendix A. Scene division Appendix B. Casting and doubling Appendix C. Bel-vedere (1600) Appendix D. Q1 in eighteenth-century editions of Romeo and Juliet Bibliography.
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