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the fray. Enter three or four citizens ana peace
ofiicers with clubs or partisans.
The latter of the two sentences in Irvin^'s direction is
the sta^e direction of the seconc quarto, and the meaning
of "partisan" might have been found in the i.ie ' Variorum. but
I'd So Ande^son (or toingfield) ap JG rs to have disregarded the
direction and the meaning. Both Irving and Mary Andersen
gave Capulet and Montague an un-Sh; kespearean but theatrically
trac.itionrl dignity by omitting the hectoring of their wives,
and, ia Capulet's case, the night-attire. The Prince's speech
lost ten of its more f ancif ul JLnes (£ilb-t3 anci 67-*3) and
the reference to "Old Free-To\;n" was removed.
Montague and his vife rericin behind to discuss Koneo
with Benvolio. In this sequence Irving cut t. cnty six lines
in his published text (108-110,124-S,132-6)and 143-153),
although the preparation copy omitted only five (124-t)« ilary
Anderson's cutting wt