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William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 ,'First Folio', - The Tempest, p. A1r.

Shakespeare's first and last: The Tempest. The Tempest was almost the last play written by William Shakespeare, but in the ‘Folio’ edition it appears first. There was no ‘quarto’ ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623 'First Folio' - Poem by Ben Jonson, p. A4 r.

Ben Jonson’s tribute to Shakespeare. Several years after William Shakespeare's death in April 1616, his fellow actors at the Globe theatre brought the texts of his plays together for publication ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio'- detail, Ben Jonson's Poem, p. A4r.

The 'First Folio'’s commendatory poem by Ben Jonson. At the beginning of the ‘First Folio’ is a eulogy by Shakespeare’s friend, and rival playwright, Ben Jonson, who had published ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - 'To be or not to be…', p.265, p.oo5r, detail.

‘To be, or not to be’: Shakespeare’s interest in mortality. Hamlet’s soliloquy beginning: ‘To be, or not to be’ (3,1, lines 58-90), in which the prince contemplates ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - 'Twelfth Night', 'Illyria', p.Y2r, detail.

‘This is Illyria lady.’: The setting of Twelfth Night. Few of Shakespeare’s comedies were set in England, although it is not known if the playwright ever travelled abroad. When Viola ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - binding front board

The ‘'cottage-roof'’ style binding for a Shakespeare ‘First Folio’. Lord Ashburnham’s binding for his copy of the Shakespeare 'First Folio' is simple, but elegant, created ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - Commendatory letter 'to the great variety of readers', p.A3r

Shakespeare’s friends write about the ‘First Folio’. John Heminge and Henry Condell, Shakespeare's fellow members in the King's Men at the Globe wrote dedicatory and prefatory letters ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - detail, Macbeth, p.131, p.II 6r.

Macbeth: Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish’ play. Macbeth, which has earned a reputation among the superstitious and has become known by many actors as ‘The Scottish play’, begins ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - detail, 'To be or not to be…', p.265, oo5r.

A scene begins as Hamlet enters an empty stage: in Shakespeare's 'First Folio'. Many of the ‘quarto’ texts, and some of those in the 'First Folio' edition, of the plays were printed without ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - from the text of 'Hamlet'', p.265, p.oo5r.

The tragedie of Hamlet: A page of Shakespeare's 'First Folio' text. The ‘First Folio’ presents the plays as authorised by the acting company. Some, such as Hamlet 3,1, had appeared earlier ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - 'Henry the Fifth', p.h1r.

The Prologue to Shakespeare's Henry V. Shakespeare’s history plays turn the stories found in the English chronicles into tales of human tragedy, discussing the conflicts of life, death and power. ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - List of Actors, p.A6r.

Shakespeare’s fellow actors. The company of actors known as the King’s Men, who first performed Shakespeare’s plays, had their names listed in the ‘First Folio’. Among ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - List of Plays, p.A8r.

The comedies, histories and tragedies: play titles in the ‘First Folio’. The plays, collected together by Shakespeare’s fellow actors, John Heminge and Henry Condell, for the ‘First ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - 'Macbeth', p131, p.II 6r.

Macbeth: the text as it first appeared in print. Macbeth is one of the ‘First Folio’ plays for which there was no previously printed text. Like those of his contemporary fellow playwrights, ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - Roles presented by actors in the play of 'Henry V', p. gg8 v

Characters listed for Shakespeare’s Henry V. The 'First Folio' did not generally list the characters in a play, but Henry V is an exception. In the Elizabethan and Jacobean acting companies ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - The 'players', p. A6r - detail

Shakespeare’s fellow actors. In the 'First Folio' of Shakespeare's plays, published seven years after his death the names of the principal actors in his company, the King's Men, are named. Richard ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, 'First Folio' - title page

The 'First Folio' of Shakespeare’s plays. The book known as the 'First Folio' is a collection of thirty-six of Shakespeare’s plays gathered together and published seven years after the ...

William Shakespeare, Mr William Shakespeares comedies, histories and tragedies..., 1623, First Folio' - 'Twelfth Night', opening scenes, p.Y2r.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will, in the Shakespeare ‘First Folio’. The ‘First Folio’ included eighteen plays that had not previously been printed. These included some of the ...