The publishers of the first printed collection of Shakespeare’s plays had to come up with a sales marketing strategy — or what passed for one in 1623. There’s this effort to treat the First Folio as ...

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Four hundred years ago, in 1623, a book of Shakespeare’s plays was published. This wasn’t just any book: It marked the first time all of Shakespeare’s works were published together — no mean feat back ...

The First Folio has been called “the book that gave us Shakespeare.” If that sounds a little dramatic — well, it’s also essentially true, said Sam Lemley. Lemley is the curator of special collections ...

Premieres Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. on KPBS 2 With only half of Shakespeare’s plays published before his death, often in inaccurate and ...

NEW YORK — On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions of Shakespeare’s plays, including one that sells ...

Shakespeare seems to have been more interested in success on the stage than in seeing his words in print. In his lifetime, he published three books of non-dramatic poetry, but only about half of his ...

Heminges and Condell, actor colleagues of Shakespeare, took it upon themselves (with assistance, financial and otherwise, we are told, from bookseller Edward Blount) to collect, transcribe and print ...

Shakespeare’s Book. By Chris Laoutaris. Pegasus Books; 560 pages; $35. William Collins; £25 The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio. By Emma Smith. Bodleian Library Publishing; 258 pages; $40 and £30 ...

If something is broken you should fix it, right? Especially if it is one of the most beloved books on the planet? "It's not that simple," Tony King says with a smile. The First Folio of William ...