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Chapter 6 - Copyright disputes

Scottish and Irish publishers

from Part I - Text

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
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This chapter continues the narrative of challenges to the monopoly of Shakespeare publishing claimed by the Tonson cartel in the eighteenth century. Here, the focus shifts away from England, to the traditions of Shakespeare publishing in Scotland and in Ireland. The legal arguments concerning the rights of publishers in these territories to issue editions of Shakespeare (and other older texts) are detailed and the history of the publication of the playwright's works in these countries, across the century, is set out in detail. Particular attention is paid, in the Irish instance, to synergies between Irish publishers and the Dublin theatres – particularly Smock Alley. In turning to Scotland, the chapter logs the editions published by the Foulis brothers in Glasgow, before examining the career of Alexander Donaldson, culminating in his House of Lords case, which had the effect of confirming the existence of a 'public domain' of out-of-copyright texts, available for all British publishers to reproduce.

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Shakespeare in Print
A History and Chronology of Shakespeare Publishing
, pp. 157 - 181
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Copyright disputes
  • Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Shakespeare in Print
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936927.009
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  • Copyright disputes
  • Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Shakespeare in Print
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936927.009
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  • Copyright disputes
  • Andrew Murphy, Trinity College Dublin
  • Book: Shakespeare in Print
  • Online publication: 23 April 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108936927.009
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