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#HappyBirthdayShakespeare!
Today we share the story of how the Bodleian received, lost, and regained our very own copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio (which you can view at #DigitalBodleian)
Ready for some outrageous fortune? The game is afoot!
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/Discov…+
Today we share the story of how the Bodleian received, lost, and regained our very own copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio (which you can view at #DigitalBodleian)
Ready for some outrageous fortune? The game is afoot!
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/Discov…+
We first got our mitts on this copy in 1623 – seven years after the world became bereft of the be-ruffed bard.
Published by #Shakespeare’s pals and peers, the First Folio preserved treasures such as Twelfth Night, The Tempest and Macbeth - which may otherwise have been lost.
Published by #Shakespeare’s pals and peers, the First Folio preserved treasures such as Twelfth Night, The Tempest and Macbeth - which may otherwise have been lost.
Despite the Bodleian Library not accepting plays at the time (fearing that pamphlets and dramas might bring down the reputation of the library) the importance of the First Folio must have been recognized. It was chained up in Duke Humfrey’s Library, and made available to readers.
They say Shakespeare probably wrote King Lear & Macbeth in quarantine, so we started wondering, 'What would the Bard write at home today?' 🤔
Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you: #SociallyDistancedShakespeare, a thread 🎭
Ladies and Gentlemen, we present to you: #SociallyDistancedShakespeare, a thread 🎭
Twelfth Night in Self-Isolation🌙
'O Mistress mine where are you roaming? No, seriously, stay indoors' 🏠
#SociallyDistancedShakespeare #QuarantinePlays
'O Mistress mine where are you roaming? No, seriously, stay indoors' 🏠
#SociallyDistancedShakespeare #QuarantinePlays
All's Well That's Handgel 👏
'Love all, stay home with a few, do wrong to none'
#SociallyDistancedShakespeare #QuarantinePlays
'Love all, stay home with a few, do wrong to none'
#SociallyDistancedShakespeare #QuarantinePlays
