Shakespeare's friendly rival Ben Jonson had previously published his own writings, poems included, in a folio. The 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare, however, is the earliest folio consisting only of an ...

No more than 750 copies of this 'First Folio' were printed and today only about 230 survive, with less than 50 in the British Isles. At the time of Shakespeare's death, in 1616, 18 of his plays ...

First Folio Theatre will present the World Premiere of Agatha Christie's The Secret Council, adapted by David Rice. The show will preview January 26th - 28th, open January 29th, and run through ...

In 1623, Shakespeare’s plays were published together for the first time as a printed collection, known as the First Folio. To mark 400 years since the occasion, the Folio Society has published his ...

But today he’s remembered for being one of the earliest known owners of the first published collection of Shakespeare’s dramas. In fact, he bought not one but two copies of these First Folios ...