![]() Seven years later, two of his theater colleagues banded together to publish the first complete edition of 37 of his plays, which became known as the First Folio. William Shakespeare died in April 1616 at the age of 52. Send requests to Valley News photographs - James M. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to College obtained their copy of the First Folio from Cleveland, Ohio judge and bibliophile Willis Vickery. The book of William Shakespeare's plays was compiled by his colleagues John Heminge and Henry Condell, and published in 1623. The word "Who" is written in pen and ink facsimile on a page corner that was restored and fused into a page of The Tempest in Dartmouth College's copy of Shakespeare's First Folio. "It's become like a fetish object." (Valley News - James M. "People come here to see it, to touch it, to lay on hands," said Satterfield of the First Folio. ![]() Satterfield and Gamboa were photographed in the Rauner Library in Hanover, N.H. This event is co-sponsored by the UCI Libraries, UCI School of Humanities and the New Swan Shakespeare Festival.Dartmouth College Special Collections Librarian Jay Satterfield, left, brought the College's copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio to the class of Assistant Professor of English Brett Gamboa, right, to mark the week of the 400th anniversary of the playwrite's death on April 23, 1616. The Libraries' extends gratitude to Professor Julia Lupton for her continued partnership on the annual First Folio Fridays. Attendees will also view the First Folio up-close. On August 23, 2019, Andrea Mays, author of “The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio,” plans to highlight innovations in publishing that took place with the publishing of the Folio and may focus on the novelties of our copy of the Folio as well.Īfterwards Derek Quezada, Outreach and Public Services Librarian, will discuss the themes of both plays and UCI Libraries collection of Shakespeariana. Lupton will also discuss the folio’s publication history. On August 9, 2019, Julia Lupton, Professor of English, Associate Dean for Research, School of Humanities and Co-Director of the UCI Shakespeare Center, will discuss the two plays that will be performed at the New Swan Shakespeare Festival this summer, The Merchant of Venice and The Two Gentlemen of Verona. This folio preserved many plays that would have been otherwise lost. Many of Shakespeare’s original plays were never published, and if they were, often illicitly and with a variety of errors. The folio has preserved over 18 of Shakespeare's plays. At the time it was printed, folio format was reserved for law and religious texts. The folio was commissioned by two of Shakespeare's principal actors, John Heminge and Henry Condell, shortly after Shakespeare's death. ![]() The First Folio is one of the very first collections of drama printed in the folio format. At these events, guests hear from esteemed speakers on select Shakespearean plays, the meaning and history of a folio, and get an exclusive, in-person look at the UCI Libraries’ copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio. Since 2014, First Folio Friday events have explored Shakespeare works and history with a steadily growing community of Shakespeare enthusiasts. This August, the UCI Libraries will host its summer favorite – First Folio Fridays!
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