About The Bodleian First Folio
The Bodleian First Folio is a digital facsimile of the First Folio containing 36 plays by William Shakespeare, printed in folio format and published in 1623, it is the first collected edition of Shakespeares plays.
You can find out more about this book's remarkable history, the campaign, and the work that led to its digitisation by accessing the free resources of the 'Bodleian copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays.' We highly recommend exploring this resource.
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Folio 400 is dedicated in gratitude to the 400th birthday of this foundational book on the 8th November 2023.  
You will find an array of resources at Folio 400 dedicated to the First Folio including a detailed step-by-step history of how it came to be published seven years after Shakespeares death, the key people and events that made it possible along with audio and video from some very well known actors and scholars keeping Shakespeares legacy at the forefront today.  
Folio 400 will take you into the Renaissance world shoulder to shoulder with some of the most famous characters in literary history.
Have fun and fare thee well!
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