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Title page of the first impression (1623). Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio, [a] published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death.
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First Folio, first published edition (1623) of the collected works of William Shakespeare, originally published as Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies. It is the major source for contemporary texts of his plays. The publication of drama in the early 17th century was usually.
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Learn about the First Folio, the first published collection of Shakespeare’s plays, produced in 1623. Explore its history, features, significance, and the Folger’s collection of First Folios, the largest in the world.
A folio is a term for a large book made by folding the sheets of paper only once. Folio is also a word used to describe the approximate size of a book—a big book. The folio format was usually reserved for royal, religious, or reference documents. Shakespeare’s First Folio was the first folio ever published in England devoted exclusively to ...
The First Folio is a collection of 36 of Shakespeare's plays, edited by his friends John Heminges and Henry Condell. It contains the first good texts of many plays, and is the only source for some of them. Learn more about the history, contents, and copies of the First Folio.
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