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In the Tudor and Stuart periods, stage plays were generally published individually in quarto format. This was almost universally true^[1] in the years before 1616; even after the first large collections of plays were published—the first folio collection of Ben Jonson's works in 1616, and the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1623—individual quarto publication was still the most common format for printed plays. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) was a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England and Ireland from 1485 until 1603. ... The Coat of Arms of King James I, the first British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Stuart or Stewart was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later of the Kingdom of England, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain. ... The size of a specific book is measured from the head to tail of the spine, and from edge to edge across the covers. ... == {| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style=margin-left: 15px; |- | align=center colspan=2 | Years: 1613 1614 1615 - 1616 - 1617 1618 1619 |- | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s |- tall> 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |} randomised 1616 was a leap year starting on Friday... Benjamin Jonson (circa June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... The title page of the First Folio with the famous engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout The First Folio is the name given by modern scholars to the first published collection of William Shakespeares plays; its actual title is Mr. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Events August 6 - Pope Urban VIII is elected to the Papacy. ...

Popular works were published in multiple editions over time, then as now. The first quarto edition (Q1) of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1, the most popular play of the era, was published in 1598, the second quarto (Q2) was issued in 1599, and subsequent quartos appeared in 1604, 1608, 1613, 1622, 1632, and 1639. The first quarto edition of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus was published in 1604, the second quarto in 1609. Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, widely considered the greatest of the histories. ... Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I. April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... 1599 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events January 14 – Hampton Court conference with James I of England, the Anglican bishops and representatives of Puritans September 20 – Capture of Ostend by Spanish forces under Ambrosio Spinola after a three year siege. ... Events March 18 - Sissinios formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia May 14 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen. ... Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... See also: 1632 (novel) Events February 22 - Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems is published July 23 - 300 colonists for New France depart Dieppe November 8 - Wladyslaw IV Waza elected king of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth after Zygmunt III Waza death November 16 - Battle of Lützen... Events January 14 - Connecticuts first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. ... An anonymous portrait in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, often believed to show Christopher Marlowe. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ...

Other types of literary works besides plays were published in multiple editions in quarto format. One example: the first quarto of Marlowe's narrative poem Hero and Leander was issued in 1598; a second quarto, containing Marlowe's original plus George Chapman's continuation of the poem, was published later in the same year. Q1 of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis was printed in 1593, Q2 in 1594. Hero and Leander is a mythological poem by Christopher Marlowe. ... This article is about George Chapman the English literary figure; see George Chapman (murderer) for the Victorian poisoner of the same name. ... Venus and Adonis is one of Shakespeares longer poems. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ...

Notes

1. ^ Exceptions can be cited: the 1590 first printing of Marlowe's Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2, was doubly unusual in that the book contained two plays instead of one, and was printed in octavo format rather than quarto.

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References

• Chambers, E. K. The Elizabethan Stage. 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923.
• Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964. Baltimore, Penguin, 1964.

Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers (1866–1954) was an English literary critic and Shakespearean scholar. ...

See also

• bad quarto
• first quarto
• first folio
• second folio
• false folio
• foul papers
• Shakespeare's Editors

Bad quarto is a term and concept developed by twentieth-century Shakespeare scholars to explain some problems in the early transmission of the texts of Shakespearan works. ... The title page of the First Folio with the famous engraved portrait of Shakespeare by Martin Droeshout The First Folio is the name given by modern scholars to the first published collection of William Shakespeares plays; its actual title is Mr. ... False Folio is the term that Shakespeare scholars and bibliographers have applied to the earliest attempt to create a collection of Shakepearean works in a single volume, that being William Jaggards printing of ten Shakespearean and pseudo-Shakespearean plays together in 1619. ...

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