400 years of Shakespeare’s plays

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Two actors in 1623 company The King’s Men, They published the first collection of plays of the universal English author, to whom William Shakespeare belongs. This skin is known as First Folio, Thus became the first summary of his texts, seven years after his death. John Heminges and Herny CondellHis associates and friends did so because of their admiration for the author and also because he had bequeathed them enough money to undertake this project.

from this 400 years ago and in addition to being reprinted many times the only reliable source The significance of this text on Shakespeare’s career would be without it 18 of his works would be lost. Among these, some as notable as The Tempest, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, Julius Caesar, The Taming of the Shrew anyone Antony and Cleopatra.

Impressing the importance of this book, Thalis research group University of Alicante (Transhistorical Anglophone Literary Studies) will publish a volume of tests On the occasion of the 400th anniversary First Folio. This book was published together with Editions University of SalamancaIt brings together articles from authors from different countries who have established careers in the field of Shakespeare studies.

Cover of the volume edited by Thalis. INFORMATION

Participants

Among the signatories analyzing philological, historical or editorial aspects, Emma Smith (University of Oxford), Angel Luis Pujante (University of Murcia), Jonathan Batte (Arizona State University), Evelyn Gajowski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Sonia Massai (Sapienza Università di Rome), Craig Dionne (Eastern Michigan University), Miguel Ramalhete Gomes (University of Lisbon), Rosa Garcia Periagor (University of Murcia), Jesus Tronch (University of Valencia), Marta Cerezo (UNED) and Eric Rasmussen (University of Nevada, Reno).

Definitely Rasmussen will be the protagonist of this game. presentation ceremony Shakespeare’s First Folio revisited: Quadricentennijal essays, It will be held on Thursday, October 26 at 19.30 at the UA City Headquarters in Alicante (San Fernando, 40). And he will do it by conference Going viral with Shakespeare in 400.

“Rasmussen’s lecture will discuss the adventures and the whereabouts of the copies. First Folio“, highlights Perni Solutions, editor of this volume. In fact, his “experience in investigating and pursuing” First Folio “We have brought him great recognition as a global expert in this field.”

The book inaugurates a collection of copies of Literary Studies. José Antonio Álvarez Amorós as general editor– Supported by the Thalis research group of the Department of English Philology at the University of Alicante and directed by professor María Teresa Gómez Reus. “The following will be dedicated to HG Wells (edited by Lourdes Ropero) and Edith Wharton (by Sara Prieto and Maureen Montgomery).

Eric Rasmussen in front of a portrait of Shakespeare. INFORMATION

transcendence First Folio

Things made from the First Folio Things made from the First Folio seven hundred fifty viewsalthough it is only known where is two hundred thirty five. Owners of this work over the last four centuries have been individual collectors, some families (some for several generations), famous Shakespeare editors, theater entrepreneurs, actors and theater companies, among others. The sale or auction of some of these specimens sometimes makes headlines in the media.

First Folio Also opens with: The first surviving illustrated portrait of ShakespeareAn engraving known as Portrait of Droeshout, It remains the most iconic of the author’s works, “inspiring almost as many versions and adaptations as the works that make up the volume and which in total are close to each other”, according to the surname of the artist who made it. nine hundred pages.”

Remedios Perni emphasizes: “This is a socially accepted fact.” First Folio This is an essential document for “knowing Shakespeare’s original intention or idea, as well as an iconic relic.” Folger Shakespeare GalleryThe exhibition, opened by Henry and Emily Folger in Washington at the beginning of the 20th century, hosts eighty-two copies. First Folio, and is currently accessible to researchers both in reading rooms and digitally.

Droeshout’s Portrait of Shakespeare. INFORMATION

HE study First Folio It allowed a wide variety of discoveries to be made. For example, How did the printing press work? in the early modern era. It has even been possible to identify one of them thanks to ultraviolet images and more recently multispectral images. First Folio Here’s from the Folger (issue 75) First imported to the USA from England.

Notes written in the margins First Folio Number 54, written by: A member of the Hutchinson family in the 19th centuryIt helped shed light on the 17th-century writer Lucy Hutchinson. Likewise, many exhibitions were opened. First Folio Worldwide. The Folger Library and other institutions to celebrate William Shakespeare’s quarter-centennial in 2016 a tour of all fifty statesWhile in the United Kingdom – and other European countries such as Denmark, Italy or Spain – commemorative events are planned for the publication of the figure of Shakespeare and his works First Folio.

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