There’s a huge immersive street art exhibition coming to Camden. It’s thought that had the two men not collected the plays for the book half of them, including some of Bill’s most famous works like ‘Macbeth’, ‘Twelfth Night’ and ‘The Tempest’, would have been lost forever.Īn immersive Shakespeare museum is opening in Shoreditch next year. The book was compiled by two of Shakespeare’s friends, actors John Heminge and Henry Condell, as a tribute to the late playwright. It's remarkable for its completeness and quality of paper.’ ‘Only a quarter of those copies are complete and amongst the best in the world is this one. Principal librarian of Guildhall Library, Peter Ross, told the BBC: ‘There were around 750 copies of the first edition printed and around 235 survive today.

Blakemore Evans, Joseph Jay Tobin, Herschel Baker, Anne Barton, Frank Kermode, Harry Levin, Hallett Smith, Marie Edel, eds. The Riverside Shakespeare, Heather Dubrow, William T. The book is rarely available to see for the public because of its fragile nature. The Complete Works of Shakespeare, Fifth Edition, David Bevington, ed. While this copy isn’t for sale and will remain in the library's possession, another similar edition was sold for $10 million (£8m) in October 2020. William Shakespeare and the Internet Web site. For other Shakespeare resources, visit the Mr.

This site has offered Shakespeare's plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993. There will also be two smaller original copies of ‘Henry IV Part One’ and ‘Othello’ on display, as well as another folio of plays. Welcome to the Web's first edition of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare. It will be put on show at Guildhall Library for the book’s 400th anniversary. The book, containing all of Shakey P’s plays, was published seven years after the Bard’s death. Huzza! A rare first edition of Shakespeare plays published in 1623 has gone on display to the public.

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