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Thursday, October 23, 2014

The First Folio

What is a folio? A folio is basically a thick book, or collections of classics. The First Folio, or "Mr. William Shakespeares  (that was not a grammar mistake, people back then didn't use apostrophes) Comedies, Histories, Tragedies" is a huge book filled with... come on, guys, the title's self-explanatory. Filled with Mr. Will's plays! You can now visit it at the Shakespeare memorial in the UK. The First Folio, as I have mentioned in older posts, was actually published after Will's death, and printed by two of the actors that worked for him. They put together The First Folio and that was the first time Will's plays were ever printed out! What a shocker! Yeah, I know. The First Folio consisted of twenty of Will's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays. It looks pretty ancient, but come on, it's so cool!
The thing is, this book not only included Will's plays, it also had Pericles, Prince of Tyre and The Two Noble Kinsman and two "lost plays", Cardenio and Love's Labour's Won.

Okay, that's all about The First Folio! Hope I answered all your queries about Will's folio!

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