Its readings are
frequently superior to those of F1, but it wants many lines that appear
in F1, which probably represents the acting version in 1623. I give a
list of the longer passages absent from Q1:
(_a_) I. i. 122-138. 'If't' ... 'yourself:'
(_b_) I. ii 72-77. 'Judge' ... 'thee'
(_c_) I. iii. 24-30. 'For' ... 'profitless.'
(_d_) III. iii. 383-390. '_Oth._ By' ... 'satisfied! _Iago._'
(_e_) III. iii. 453-460. 'Iago.' ... 'heaven,'
(_f_) IV. i. 38-44. 'To confess' ... 'devil!'
(_g_) IV. ii. 73-76, 'Committed!' ... 'committed!'
(_h_) IV. ii. 151-164. 'Here' ... 'make me.'
(_i_) IV. iii. 31-53. 'I have' ... 'not next'
and 55-57. '_Des._ [_Singing_]' ... 'men.'
(_j_) IV. iii. 60-63. 'I have' ... 'question.'
(_k_) IV. iii. 87-104. 'But I' ... 'us so.'
(_l_) V. ii. 151-154. 'O mistress' ... 'Iago.'
(_m_) V. ii. 185-193. 'My mistress' ... 'villany!'
(_n_) V. ii. 266-272. 'Be not' ... 'wench!'
Were these passages after-thoughts, composed after the version
represented by Q1 was written? Or were they in the version represented
by Q1, and only omitted in printing, whether accidentally or because
they were also omitted in the theatre? Or were some of them
after-thoughts, and others in the original version?
I will take them in order.
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