| Sumario: | The article provides a preliminary overview of authorial interventions in Fernando Pessoa's unfinished play, *The Duke of Parma*, which is written in Elizabethan English and inspired by Shakespeare. It discusses Pessoa's deep admiration for Shakespeare, evidenced by his extensive personal library and his attempts to translate Shakespeare's works into Portuguese. The analysis highlights the challenges of editing *The Duke of Parma*, given its fragmentary state and the complexity of Pessoa's revisions, which include various types of authorial interventions and corrections. The article emphasizes the importance of genetic criticism and textual analysis in understanding the play's composition process and the broader context of Pessoa's literary legacy.
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