It's gape, because "Earth, gap" makes no sense. It's true that manuscripts go through rewritings and interpretive issues, but come on. That's obviously not what happened here.
it probably depends on the play's year of publication. This play has been around for so long and republished so many times probably by less than reliable individuals in the 400 years since it was written. I don't think an original manuscript would be available. What scholars probably look at when they are reprinting this play for modern use is a 3 or 4 hand reprinting. different play houses probably took different liberties with the script...
@kintkachuk "Scholars" looking at this play do not look at a 3rd or 4th hand reprinting, they look at either the A text of 1604 or the B text of 1616 (a redux based on the Act of Abuses of 1606), both "originals" in their own right (though only the A text being of Marlowe's "own hand"). If you're going to try and correct someone, especially when appealing to what "scholars" would do, at least get it right. Someone would have to be a poor scholar to consider a 4th hand copy "scholarly."
P.S. Unless, of course, there's something for some reason inherently interesting about the 4th hand copy for its own sake. This would be the case, for example, with Greek philosophical texts which were translated into Arabic then from Arabic into Italian during the Renaissance. There is a purpose for contrasting the extant copies in such a special situation.
I don't know the history of this text either, but I'm sure we don't have an original copy of the York play of the crucifixion. I think that would be a closer text to what I had in my mind 3 months ago. correct me if I'm wrong about that.
I'm sorry I'm not all that familiar with the play's history. but I do know that some plays did get radically changed between theater companies, and I'm also sure that if you look between the original A text and the B text you'll find instances where things like "Gape" turn to "Gap" or words like "Black" turn to "Dark". It's the nature of the beast. I suppose when I think of third and forth hand text I'm thinking of books written earlier than Marlowe's time.
It's gape, because "Earth, gap" makes no sense. It's true that manuscripts go through rewritings and interpretive issues, but come on. That's obviously not what happened here.
walkingthevalley 5 months ago
AHM I ALSO BELIEVED THAT ITS EARTH ! GAPE!! HAHA... THAT WAS WRITTEN ON WHAT I AM GOING TO DECLAIM.. HAHA ^^,
INFATUATEDuser 1 year ago
I believe it's "Earth, Gape!" not "Earth, Gap!"
Andy260192 3 years ago
it probably depends on the play's year of publication. This play has been around for so long and republished so many times probably by less than reliable individuals in the 400 years since it was written. I don't think an original manuscript would be available. What scholars probably look at when they are reprinting this play for modern use is a 3 or 4 hand reprinting. different play houses probably took different liberties with the script...
kintkachuk 2 years ago
@kintkachuk "Scholars" looking at this play do not look at a 3rd or 4th hand reprinting, they look at either the A text of 1604 or the B text of 1616 (a redux based on the Act of Abuses of 1606), both "originals" in their own right (though only the A text being of Marlowe's "own hand"). If you're going to try and correct someone, especially when appealing to what "scholars" would do, at least get it right. Someone would have to be a poor scholar to consider a 4th hand copy "scholarly."
peterthecat 2 years ago
P.S. Unless, of course, there's something for some reason inherently interesting about the 4th hand copy for its own sake. This would be the case, for example, with Greek philosophical texts which were translated into Arabic then from Arabic into Italian during the Renaissance. There is a purpose for contrasting the extant copies in such a special situation.
peterthecat 2 years ago
I don't know the history of this text either, but I'm sure we don't have an original copy of the York play of the crucifixion. I think that would be a closer text to what I had in my mind 3 months ago. correct me if I'm wrong about that.
kintkachuk 2 years ago
I'm sorry I'm not all that familiar with the play's history. but I do know that some plays did get radically changed between theater companies, and I'm also sure that if you look between the original A text and the B text you'll find instances where things like "Gape" turn to "Gap" or words like "Black" turn to "Dark". It's the nature of the beast. I suppose when I think of third and forth hand text I'm thinking of books written earlier than Marlowe's time.
kintkachuk 2 years ago
...even if thats not the case its a lot of memorizing for one individual. give him some slack
kintkachuk 2 years ago
Awesome!
Eirelav111 3 years ago
Awesome!
Eirelav111 3 years ago