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A folio is a large book made by folding printed sheets of paper in half, with each sheet forming four pages. This format was usually reserved for history, religion, and other weighty subjects. The First Folio was the first folio ever published in England devoted exclusively to plays.
First Folio. 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. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published. [1]
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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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The Wheler First Folio. The book often referred to as The First Folio was published in 1623, 7 years after the death of William Shakespeare. It's a collection of 36 of Shakespeare's works and was brought together by two of his friends, John Heminges and Henry Condell under the full title of: Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories ...
The First Folio refers to the first printed collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays. After Shakespeare died in 1616, two of his friends from the King’s Men theater company, John Heminge and Henry Condell, began compiling Shakespeare’s plays in one volume.
