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Macbeth: 12th Grade English: The First Folio: Shakespeare and Printing History

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Shakespeare Research Presentation Assignment

The First Folio: Shakespeare and Printing History

What did a print shop look like in Elizabethan England?

Impressio Librorum

Jan Van der Straet. Impressio Librorum, plate 4 of Nova Reperta. C. 1600. Folger Shakespeare Library

The First Folio of Shakespeare

Use this list of questions to guide the creation of your PPT slides.  Synthesize the information provided for you on this page to answer the questions.

  • What is the First Folio?
  • How is a folio printed?
  • Who was involved in the printing of the First Folio?
  • When was the First Folio printed?
  • Where was the First Folio printed?
  • Why was the First Folio printed?
  • Why is the First Folio significant?​

Print sources

Remarkable Books: The world's most beautiful and historic works

Explore: Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies p. 128

Shakespeare

Explore: Book publishing p. 60 - 61

Printing the First Folio

Helpful webpages

Introduction to the First Folio

Shakespeare Unlimited Podcasts

How Shakespeare's First Folio became a star

"A Volume of Enticing Lines"

  • 0:00 - 1:30 Introduction 
  • 3:40 - 4:33 Background information
  • 4:33 - 5:40 Importance old books
  • 12:50 - 15:30 What makes the First Folio Authoritative/Authentic
  • 16:50 - 19:00 What makes the First Folio so valuable

Creating Shakespeare's First Folio

"This Precious Book"

Bibliography

Works Cited

Chrisp, Peter, and Steve Teague. Shakespeare. Rev. ed., New York, DK Pub., 2004.

Collins, Michael. Books That Changed History. London, Dorling Kindersley, 2017.

“DIY First Folio.” Folger Shakespeare Library, folger.edu/publishing-shakespeare/first-folio/diy-first-folio. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

Introduction to the First Folio: The Importance of Printing. Narrated by Gregory Dornan, Royal Shakespeare Company, 2012. YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVjdmbcCWA. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

Paul, Richard, producer. “Creating Shakespeare’s First Folio: This Precious Book.” Shakespeare Unlimited, episode 47, Folger Shakespeare Library, 3 May 2016, www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/creating-first-folio?_ga=2.45343524.166375884.1516129197-1028985580.1516129197. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

---, producer. “How Shakespeare’s First Folio Became a Star.” Shakespeare Unlimited, episode 56, Folger Shakespeare Library, 6 Sept. 2016. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

Printing 101. Narrated by Stephen Galbraith, Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012. YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=CN_KhB9SjVs. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

Shakespeare, William. “Shakespeare’s First Folio.” British Library, www.bl.uk/collection-items/shakespeares-first-folio. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

Straet, Jan Van der. Impressio Librorum, plate 4 of Nova Reperta. C. 1600. Folger Shakespeare Library, luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/detail/FOLGERCM1~6~6~3915~100258:Impressio-Librorum,-plate-4-of-Nova?qvq=q%3Anova+reperta&mi=8&trs=20. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.

“What Is a First Folio.” Folger Shakespeare Library, folger.edu/what-is-a-first-folio. Accessed 17 Jan. 2018.