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Shakespeare in space to mark First Folio 400th anniversary

As winter kicks in, at least theres a decent mix of drama and factual fare coming to our screens during November. Here are some of the highlights 

 

For antiquarians, the Bard's 'First Folio' is the greatest of prizes: one sold for RM47mil in 2020

We become Shakespeare’s “live-long monument” as he continues to shape us, to craft not verse but our lives and souls. 

On the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, rare originals are being displayed and publishers are offering collectors editions, including one that sells for $1,500. Scholars believe that between 200-300 copies still survive from the late 1623 release of “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies.” Presided over by two friends and former colleagues of Shakespeare, who had died in 1616, the Folio ensured that lasting texts existed for “Macbeth,...

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 for

Musicians from the early-music ensemble Collectio Musicorum were practicing a 17th-century round on a recent afternoon in Manhattan. The tune was jaun

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good book...

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623, Princeton University Library presents an exhibition featuring wide-ranging selection of rarely-seen materials—from a first edition of Shakespeare’s “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to Morrison’s handwritten manuscript drafts of “Desdemona”—that offer glimpses into the relationship between author, book, and reader and invite the visitor to discover not just Shakespeare but all good book...