tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347567088186552207.post4180509457397635109..comments2023-06-22T03:39:43.387-07:00Comments on Jim's Richard III Blog: The Red ManJames Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13320351326188766012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2347567088186552207.post-86935724021873526882007-09-15T14:35:00.000-07:002007-09-15T14:35:00.000-07:00Well, how to handle Gloucester's character seems t...Well, how to handle Gloucester's character seems to have given the Folio editors some trouble in 1623, too. He last appears on stage in the brief 5.2 and his last words in the Quarto are "A man may rot even here". But in the later Folio, after Edgar's following "Ripeness is all" lines, G says: "And that's true to" echoing Lear's "True, my good boy" at 3.2.78.<BR/><BR/>If Lisa has you saying the Folio's "true" line, I'd be scratching my head also!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com