Meaning of bad quarto | Babel Free
Definitions
A quarto-sized publication of a play, especially a Shakespearean play, that is considered spurious by virtue of having been copied down during a performance or later reconstructed from memory.
Examples
“The implication is that theatrical practitioners have⟳ access to the “bad quarto” that is unmediated by the history of its scholarly reception; these practitioners can therefore be depended upon to discover⟳ in their performance of the text the true nature of its origin.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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