![]() ![]() Margaret Ford, Christie’s International Head of Books & Manuscripts in London, says the exhibition will not only tell the story of the Folio’s publication, ‘but by bringing together multiple copies, it will chronicle the life of one of the most important books printed across the centuries’. It will be the largest exhibition of First Folios ever assembled in the United Kingdom (surpassing the display of four copies at the British Library a century ago). To mark the 400th anniversary of their publication, Christie’s is bringing together six copies of the First Folio and exhibiting them from 2 to. The folio edition contains 36 plays, including 17 that were printed during his lifetime, one that was printed after his death, and 18 that might otherwise have been lost - among them Macbeth, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure and Julius Caesar. ![]() Published 400 years ago, in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, the First Folio brought together the author’s collected plays for the first time. Oft-quoted, imitated, and acted on stages throughout the world, many of the words of Shakespeare could have been lost for ever had it not been for John Heminge and Henry Condell, the writer’s friends and fellow actors, who compiled Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, often referred to as the ‘First Folio’. No one in history has had such a colossal impact on English literature and language as William Shakespeare. ![]()
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