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http://www.hamletonline.com/hamletwiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=About_the_Scenes About the Scenes - Revision history 2026-05-31T03:26:46Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.22.1 http://www.hamletonline.com/hamletwiki/index.php?title=About_the_Scenes&diff=15088&oldid=prev Administrator: /* About Acting the Play */ 2022-08-01T19:42:28Z <p>‎<span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">About Acting the Play</span></span></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:42, 1 August 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 61:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 61:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; 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* <b>Folio Difference</b>.  Some Notes include a "Folio Difference" link.  As mentioned above, the Second Quarto and First Folio versions of ''Hamlet'' have some differences.  A "Folio Difference" link means for the line of the dialogue, such a difference exists.  The link takes the reader to a different page, with a name such as "Scene 7 Folio Differences," where I explore the difference in detail, and state why I decided to use the Second Quarto wording instead of the First Folio wording for that particular line, or vice versa.
 
* <b>Folio Difference</b>.  Some Notes include a "Folio Difference" link.  As mentioned above, the Second Quarto and First Folio versions of ''Hamlet'' have some differences.  A "Folio Difference" link means for the line of the dialogue, such a difference exists.  The link takes the reader to a different page, with a name such as "Scene 7 Folio Differences," where I explore the difference in detail, and state why I decided to use the Second Quarto wording instead of the First Folio wording for that particular line, or vice versa.
  
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