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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 12.2271  Tuesday, 2 October 2001

From:           Steve Roth <steve@steve-roth.com>
Date:           Monday, 1 Oct 2001 11:07:18 -0700
Subject: 12.2254 Re: Hamlets: fat and lean
Comment:        Re: SHK 12.2254 Re: Hamlets: fat and lean

>From:           Mike Jensen <jensensh@hotmail.com>
>
> >Q2... is pretty sloppy.
>
>I'm wondering why you dis Q2?

Just that it has many more printer's/compositor's errors, typos, etc.
than F1. This makes it more likely that its "fat" could be one of those
errors.

This sloppiness does not degrade it as an authoritative text, of course,
except in small.

Steve

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