Difference between revisions of "First Folio"
(Created page with "The '''First Folio''' is the first published volume of the works of Shakespeare, which occurred in 1623. It contained 18 plays that had never been published before, inclu...") |
(without the First Folio, half of Shakespeare's plays would have been lost) |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''First Folio''' is the first published volume of the works of [[Shakespeare]], which occurred in 1623. | The '''First Folio''' is the first published volume of the works of [[Shakespeare]], which occurred in 1623. | ||
| − | It contained 18 plays that had never been published before, including ''[[Macbeth]]'', and ''[[Julius Caesar]]''.<ref>https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeare-in-print/first-folio/</ref> | + | It contained 18 plays that had never been published before, including ''[[Macbeth]]'', and ''[[Julius Caesar]]''.<ref name ="F">https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeare-in-print/first-folio/</ref> |
It also included one of the few portraits of Shakespeare himself. | It also included one of the few portraits of Shakespeare himself. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The First Folio groups his plays into comedies, histories, and tragedies, which are categories still used today for his works. | ||
| + | |||
| + | There are only a few private original copies of this work. In 2020, one sold for $9.9 million.<ref>https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/shakespeare-first-folio-sells-just-under-10-million#:~:text=Yesterday%2C%20a%20copy%20of%20Shakespeare's,writer%20in%20the%20English%20language</ref> The original print run was probably only Researchers think that there were probably about 750 copies, of which only 235 (many in libraries or museums) are known to survive.<ref name="F"/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | As reported by ''[[The Guardian]]'', which asserts that without the First Folio, half of [[Shakespeare]]'s plays would have been lost: | ||
| + | {{cquote|About 700 to 750 copies of the First Folio were produced. Some were bound with the skin of calf, sheep or goat, costing a sovereign, but most were left unbound. The target market was “discerning and wealthy theatregoers”, according to Coles.}} | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:42, March 12, 2023
The First Folio is the first published volume of the works of Shakespeare, which occurred in 1623.
It contained 18 plays that had never been published before, including Macbeth, and Julius Caesar.[1]
It also included one of the few portraits of Shakespeare himself.
The First Folio groups his plays into comedies, histories, and tragedies, which are categories still used today for his works.
There are only a few private original copies of this work. In 2020, one sold for $9.9 million.[2] The original print run was probably only Researchers think that there were probably about 750 copies, of which only 235 (many in libraries or museums) are known to survive.[1]
As reported by The Guardian, which asserts that without the First Folio, half of Shakespeare's plays would have been lost:
| “ | About 700 to 750 copies of the First Folio were produced. Some were bound with the skin of calf, sheep or goat, costing a sovereign, but most were left unbound. The target market was “discerning and wealthy theatregoers”, according to Coles. | ” |
