Only 18 of Shakespeare’s plays appeared in print during his lifetime, and some of these were in corrupt or pirated editions.
A 17th-century calf bound 1623 copy of the First Folio edition of William Shakespeare's plays seen at the Sotheby's auction house office in London. Photo: AP
The display marks the 400th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collection of plays, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio. Professor Adrian Streete, head of English literature at the University of Glasgow, said publishing the First Folio was"an expensive and risky undertaking” at the time.The First Folio collection contains 36 plays, 18 of which were published for the first time, and therefore saving such works asAbout 750 copies were printed of which 235 are known to have survived, with 50 copies still in Britain, 149 in the United States and 36 in other countries - nine of which are listed as missing.
"But the First Folio remains a monument to the enduring power of literature to help us make sense of ourselves and others, and to imagine new and better worlds.” "I’m sure the people who put such effort into producing this book would love to know that 400 years later, their dedication to preserving and sharing all of Shakespeare’s plays continues to have such a profound impact on culture in all its forms,” she said.
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