THEoriginalArdenMacbeth,editedbyHenryCuningham,firstappearedin1912.Thepresenteditionowesmuchtoitspredecessor,manyofthenotesbeingusedwithlittleornochange;buttherearesubstantialalterations.Theintroductionisnew;thetext(forwhichMrCuninghamwasnotresponsible)hasbeenrevised,andseveralhundredsmallalterationshavebeenmadeinit--mostofthemconsistingofareturntotheFirstFolio;nearlyallthenotescontainalterations,andmanyareentirelynew;andtheappendicesarenew.Thereare,infact,somanyalterationsthatitwasnotpossibletoprintfromtheoldstereos.