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Notes
Nevertheless, I feel justified in saying that, when an edition in one series manifestly owes a great deal to the edition of the same play in another series, it is incumbent on publisher, general editor and editor to see that full acknowledgment is made.
Some publishers are careless in the matter of reprinting, telling only the editor when an opportunity for revision arises: remember this, and keep your general editor informed; his, like yours, is a continuing responsibility for the volume you are doing.
When you have catching up to do — as you probably will — read as many of these plays as you can in preceding volumes of your series.
W. W. Greg, The Editorial Problem in Shakespeare (1942), p. liv. (And by the editor. Hereinafter called 'basic copy,' permission of the author. F. B.)
I assume you can type: if not, you are almost in the position of a travelling salesman who cannot drive. But, whether you type or not, you will have to check the typescript with maximum care: in any event, you will leave in some errors, and part of your general editor's task is to spot them. He will not have developed some of your own particular sources of error (e.g., eye-skip at certain points), but he will miss things that you do not.
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