[PeterT]

From http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/bl...g-shakespeare/

Example Bowdlerizations

Some examples of alterations to Shakespeare’s works made by Bowdler include:

• In Hamlet the death of Ophelia was no longer a suicide, but referred to as an accidental drowning.
• In Macbeth, Lady Macbeth’s famous line of “Out, damned spot!” read instead “Out, crimson spot!“
• In all plays “God!” as an exclamation is replaced with “Heavens!“
• In Henry IV Part 2 Doll Tearsheet (a prostitute) is omitted from the story entirely
• In Romeo & Juliet, Mercutio’s “the bawdy hand of the dial is now upon the prick of noon” becomes was changed to “the hand of the dial is now upon the point of noon”.