Shakespeare's authentic performance texts: the case for staging from the first folio

Introduction: How did this argument begin?

The heavy hand of the editors: "Oh pardon me ... that I am meek and gentle with these butchers"

The shaman at work: "words, words, words"

Bungling printers: "you strike like the blind man"

Creating a role from the folio text: "know you the character?"

Shakespeare's rogues and vagabonds: "unperfect actors"?

Character as actor: "I can counterfeit the deep tragedian"

Ambiguity: "faire is foule, and foule is faire"

A director's approach: "the rich advantage of good exercise"

Weighing up the options: "Measure for measure."