2007-02-17 21:56:54 · 5 answers · asked by bebot 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
A "penny copy" was normally printed from the author's "foul paper." These were the author's copy of the play. They were normally printed in a quarto form. That is, the printed sheet is folded in 2 folds with 8 pages in each sheet. This was the normal format during Shakespeare's time for printing cheap or ephemeral literature. Shakespeare's printed plays were considered cheap, becaus ethe play had been seen on the stage. Hence they sold for a penny. A penny was probably equivalent to about $10 or $20 in today's currency.
2007-02-17 22:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "penny copy" was normally printed from the author's "foul paper." These were the author's copy of the play. They were normally printed in a quarto form. That is, the printed sheet is folded in 2 folds with 8 pages in each sheet. This was the normal format during Shakespeare's time for printing cheap or ephemeral literature. Shakespeare's printed plays were considered cheap, becaus ethe play had been seen on the stage. Hence they sold for a penny. A penny was probably equivalent to about $10 or $20 in today's currency.
2007-02-18 09:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually Shakespeare was long gone before they started printing his plays. They actually wrote the plays down by getting the lines from the actors who were in his plays. So they were not from Shakespeare copy. But a penny copy is cheaply made and only sold for a penny
2007-02-18 10:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by amazonp017 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shakespeare's plays are called penny copies because it costed him only 1 Penny for it to be published.
2007-02-18 07:00:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is because, it only cost a penny for it to get published.
2007-02-18 10:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by :( ??? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋