Beautifully written and utterly compelling, this book comprises all the drama, intrigue and surprises of a Shakespeare play. manages to be edifying and entertaining in equal measure’ 'Meticulously researched and compellingly conveyed. And he considers how Shakespeare himself, before his death, may have influenced the ways in which his own public identity would come to be enshrined in the First Folio, shaping the transmission of his legacy to future generations and determining how the world would remember him ‘not of an age, but for all time’. Shakespeare scholar Dr Chris Laoutaris uncovers the friendships, bonds, social ties and professional networks that facilitated the production of Shakespeare ’ s book, as well as the personal challenges, tragedies and dangers that threatened its completion. Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio charts, for the first time, the manufacture of the First Folio against a turbulent backdrop of seismic political events and international tensions that intersected with the lives of its creators. If all the copies of the First Folio had been lost, 18 of Shakespeare’s most popular plays would be unknown to audiences today, including Macbeth. Published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, it includes several of his plays that had never been published before. It is difficult to imagine a world without The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale and Macbeth, but these are just some of the plays that were only preserved thanks to the astounding labour of love that went into creating the first collection. The First Folio was the first compilation of Shakespeare’s plays. The year 2023 marks the 400th anniversary of Mr William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, known today simply as the First Folio. It's a book for our times, enduringly fascinating and appealing to both enthusiasts and the general reader. ‘This is Shakespearean scholarship at its best, brilliantly researched yet compulsively readable. 496 views, 13 likes, 0 loves, 2 comments, 11 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Arizona Public Media: The UA has been chosen to exhibit the traveling FIRST FOLIO, the book that gave us Shakespeare. ‘A lively picture of multiple operators scrambling to steal a march on the competition. Finding the Human Experience in Shakespeare's Words (UA News, February 15, 2016) Shakespeare's First Folio will pay an extended visit to Tucson (Arizona Daily Star, February 13, 2016) UA Hosts William Shakespeare's First Folio (Arizona Public Media, February 12, 2016) Shakespeare's Original Folio Arrives In Arizona (KJZZ/NPR-Phoenix, February.
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