![]() It was printed in 1623, seven years after his death. This facsimile edition of Julius Caesar is taken from the large and handsome book known simply as the ‘First Folio’, the earliest collected edition of Shakespeare’s ‘Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies’. It is thought that sources such as Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ and Chaucer’s ‘The Knight’s Tale’ influenced Shakespeare in his composition of the play. Without the First Folio only half of Shakespeare’s dramatic output would have survived.Ī Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies and is still widely performed today. The First Folio added another eighteen, including Macbeth, The Tempest and Twelfth Night all of which are indispensable to the modern repertory. Eighteen of Shakespeare’s plays had already been published in the small, cheap format known as quartos during his lifetime, including such favourites as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. This facsimile edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is taken from the large and handsome book known simply as the ‘First Folio’, the earliest collected edition of Shakespeare’s ‘Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies’. This is an enhanced eBookTreasures facsimile edition which includes a speech from the play performed with 17th century pronunciation, allowing you to hear the play as Shakespeare would. It has been performed and adapted in countless ways, and is still one of the most-studied plays in the world. Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s most enduringly popular play, telling the story of two doomed lovers. Without the First Folio only half of Shakespeare’s dramatic output would have survived. ![]() First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor, and by the generous support of and Vinton and Sigrid Cerf.This facsimile edition of Romeo and Juliet is taken from the large and handsome book known simply as the ‘First Folio’, the earliest collected edition of Shakespeare’s ‘Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies’. The Shakespeare First Folio saved 18 plays that had not previously appeared in print, including Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, and Twelfth Night. At the time, folios were reserved for what was then considered works of important matters – historic, scientific and religious texts. The first folio was published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, by his colleagues hoping to preserve his works for future generations. Florida International University was selected to host a copy of the Shakespeare First Folio, the first complete edition of William Shakespeare’s plays, as part of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s national traveling exhibition First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare.
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