Shakespeare's First Folio: Play Guide and Free Edition
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Shakespeare's First Folio is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shakespeare, William (1564–1616).
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"Shakespeare's First Folio" by William Shakespeare is a collection of plays published in 1623, seven years after the playwright's death. Prepared by Shakespeare's colleagues John Heminges and Henry Condell, this folio contains 36 plays and is considered one of history's most influential books. Eighteen plays, including "The Tempest," "Macbeth," and "Twelfth Night," appear here for the first time in print. Of approximately 750 copies originally printed, 235 survive today, preserving the only reliable texts for roughly twenty of Shakespeare's works.
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- Title: Shakespeare's First Folio
- Author credits: Shakespeare, William (1564–1616)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Drama
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
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