Through the influence of the Duke of Grafton he was appointed to the office of deputy-inspector of plays in 1737, with a salary of £200 per annum, and in 1745 he was made a Groom of the Privy Chamber through the same influence. In 1760 appeared his Prolusions, or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, a collection which included Edward III, placed by Capell among the doubtful plays of Shakespeare.[2]
Shocked at the inaccuracies which had crept into Sir Thomas Hanmer's edition of Shakespeare, he projected an entirely new edition, to be carefully collated with the original copies. After spending three years in collecting, and comparing scarce folio and quarto editions, he published his own edition in 10 vols 8vo (1768), with an introduction written in a style of extraordinary quaintness, which was afterwards appended to Johnson's and Steevens's editions.[2]
Capell published the first part of his commentary, which included notes on nine plays with a glossary, in 1774. This he afterwards recalled, and the publication of the complete work, Notes and Various Readings of Shakespeare (1779–1783), the third volume of which bears the title of The School of Shakespeare, was completed, under the superintendence of John Collins, in 1783, two years after the author's death. It contains the results of his unremitting labour for thirty years, and throws considerable light on the history of the times of Shakespeare, as well as on the sources from which he derived his plots.[2]
Collins asserted that Steevens had stolen Capell's notes for his own edition, the story being that the printers had been bribed to show Steevens the sheets of Capell's edition while it was passing through the press. Besides the works already specified, he published an edition of Antony and Cleopatra, adapted for the stage with the help of David Garrick in 1758. His edition of Shakespeare passed through many editions (1768, 1771, 1793, 1799, 1803, 1813). Capell died in the Temple on 24 February 1781.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Capell, Edward". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 249.
edward, capell, confused, with, edward, capel, june, 1713, february, 1781, english, shakespearian, critic, biography, edithe, born, troston, hall, tl901717, suffolk, through, influence, duke, grafton, appointed, office, deputy, inspector, plays, 1737, with, sa. Not to be confused with Edward Capel Edward Capell 11 June 1713 24 February 1781 was an English Shakespearian critic Biography editHe was born at Troston Hall TL901717 in Suffolk 1 Through the influence of the Duke of Grafton he was appointed to the office of deputy inspector of plays in 1737 with a salary of 200 per annum and in 1745 he was made a Groom of the Privy Chamber through the same influence In 1760 appeared his Prolusions or Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry a collection which included Edward III placed by Capell among the doubtful plays of Shakespeare 2 Shocked at the inaccuracies which had crept into Sir Thomas Hanmer s edition of Shakespeare he projected an entirely new edition to be carefully collated with the original copies After spending three years in collecting and comparing scarce folio and quarto editions he published his own edition in 10 vols 8vo 1768 with an introduction written in a style of extraordinary quaintness which was afterwards appended to Johnson s and Steevens s editions 2 Capell published the first part of his commentary which included notes on nine plays with a glossary in 1774 This he afterwards recalled and the publication of the complete work Notes and Various Readings of Shakespeare 1779 1783 the third volume of which bears the title of The School of Shakespeare was completed under the superintendence of John Collins in 1783 two years after the author s death It contains the results of his unremitting labour for thirty years and throws considerable light on the history of the times of Shakespeare as well as on the sources from which he derived his plots 2 Collins asserted that Steevens had stolen Capell s notes for his own edition the story being that the printers had been bribed to show Steevens the sheets of Capell s edition while it was passing through the press Besides the works already specified he published an edition of Antony and Cleopatra adapted for the stage with the help of David Garrick in 1758 His edition of Shakespeare passed through many editions 1768 1771 1793 1799 1803 1813 Capell died in the Temple on 24 February 1781 2 See also edit1760 in literature Shakespeare s editors English Renaissance TheatreReferences edit nbsp Wikisource has original works by or about Edward Capell Beesly 1887 a b c d Chisholm 1911 Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Beesly Augustus Henry 1887 Capell Edward In Stephen Leslie ed Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co pp 19 20 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Capell Edward Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 5 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 249 52 18 38 N 0 47 14 E 52 31049 N 0 78720 E 52 31049 0 78720 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Capell amp oldid 1109934526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
