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The Bard's book, which was printed almost 400 years ago, is one of under 20 left in private hands, according to auction house Sotheby’s

An original edition of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, often referred to as the most important book in English literature, will be auctioned next month in New York and estimated to sell for $2.5m

The book, which was printed almost 400 years ago, is one of under 20 left in private hands, according to auction house Sotheby’s.

Book printed 400 years ago is one of fewer than 20 copies in private hands

"I was very excited and was afraid to drop it or have it near any food or drink," said the woman after discovering how rare her new book was.

Here in in the land of Facebook, Google and Twitter hardly a day goes by without a constant mention of ebooks, social networks or a super-wired generation awaiting the next digital technology. So, when I tried to explain to some friends that I was attending a fair for the book arts and another one for … Continued

It is in celebration of Shakespeare’s first Folio visiting the award-winning museum in Dudley on Saturday May 14.

“Hamlet” is our culture’s supreme emblem of a great artist’s freedom to create something radically new. Shakespeare found a way to

At the Metropolitan Opera, Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn’s adaptation of “Hamlet” nods to different, surprising versions of Shakespeare’s text.