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The First Folio of Shakespeare, published in 1623, is an extraordinary book. About half of Shakespeare’s plays had never previously appeared in print, including As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Tempest, and many more. Without the First Folio, 18 plays might have been lost forever. Learn more about this remarkable book—and the ...
Notes in Folger First Folio 54, written by a 19th-century member of the Hutchinson family, have helped to shed light on 17th-century author Lucy Hutchinson. A source of inspiration as well as scholarly information, the Folger First Folios have led to many innovative exhibitions, including a 2016 tour of First Folios from the Folger to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.
Nov 28, 2023 · Folger First Folio 22. 1 2 3 … 6 Next. Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Join us online, on the road, or in Washington, DC.
The First Folio. Seven years after Shakespeare’s death, John Heminge and Henry Condell, his friends and colleagues in the King’s Men acting company, collected almost all of his plays in a folio edition, now called the First Folio. The First Folio groups the plays for the first time into comedies, histories, and tragedies.
Nov 7, 2023 · Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 222. The First Folio—the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays—hit bookstores 400 years ago this November. Emma Smith of Oxford University tells us just what this famous book has been up to for the past four centuries.
May 9, 2023 · Dr. Chris Laoutaris’s new book, Shakespeare’s Book: The Story Behind the First Folio and the Making of Shakespeare, re-examines everything we thought we knew about the publication of the First Folio, and uncovers some new information in the archives. He is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.
Aug 13, 2024 · What we now call the First Folio was first announced in England on the occasion of the trade fair at Frankfurt more than 400 years ago. It was not until November 1623 that the finished book was available for purchase. The year-plus from the book being announced to copies being set in London in the Paul’s Churchyard shop of Edward Blount, a ...
Folger Archivist Talk: The Vincent First Folio. This event has passed. Folger Archivist Sara Schliep tells the story of how Henry Folger, the co-founder of the Folger Shakespeare Library, acquired his favorite copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio. The years-long saga pits new American money against old English aristocratic sensibilities.
Dec 17, 2014 · Shakespeare Unlimited: Episode 17. In the fall of 2014, the world learned of a remarkable discovery: An old book in a French library, acquired in the 1790s, was identified as an unknown copy of the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare—the first collection of Shakespeare’s plays. Before this find, there were 232 known First Folios in the entire ...
Apr 22, 2013 · UPDATE (3 MARCH 2015): The newly discovered First Folio in the library of St Omer, France, has now been digitized as well. If you’d like to learn a bit more about the First Folio, the Folger did an interesting exhibit on it in 2011, and you can find excerpts from that online; you can also buy Peter Blayney’s booklet in addition to finding ...
