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Originally Posted by HarryT
"School editions" of Shakespeare tend to be bowdlerised to remove the rude bits (and Macbeth has some quite astonishingly rude bits in it!). When I was in school it was Macmillan editions, which were very similar to the format you describe.
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Thankfully, these were not abridged in any way nor were they marketed as “school editions.” I know what you mean, though. That sort of censorship did not happen in NYC public schools in those days, or at least, not in the schools I went to. On the other hand, libraries were very strict about “proper” or “suitable” books for young readers. Mary Poppins (all of the books) were available before the movie made them popular, but the Oz books were not considered quality reading and therefore unavailable in NYPL branches. If the librarians I grew up with could see the books available today, their heads would explode!
