>>7277606It has some idiosyncrasies that prevent it from being seen as definitive. For example:
- Instead of using the 'corrupted' - and only - quarto text of Pericles, it mixes in content from George Wilkins' novel version, in the belief that he was co-author
- It changes 'ancient' to 'ensign' in Othello rather than just giving us a quick explanation about it (like all other editions do)
- In 1 Henry IV, Falstaff is named Oldcastle due to evidence that's how he was named in the original performances (pressure from the Oldcastle family forced the change to 'Falstaff' before it was printed)
- Various pieces in Hamlet get relegated to an appendix because they supposedly weren't there when it was first performed, even though they were obviously there when it was printed
- They co-credit Timon of Athens to that hack Thomas Middleton
Notably, the individual Oxford editions of the plays don't incorporate these changes.
