Shakespeare First Folio goes on display in London
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A copy of the first collected edition of william Shakespeare's plays went on display in London on Monday, to mark the
400th anniversary of its publication.
The public was given the chance to see the First Folio held at London's
Guildhall Library -- for one day only.
The edition, published on November 8, 1623, seven years after the
playwright's death on April 23, 1616, is one of the best preserved copies in
the world.
Others will go on display around the world to mark the anniversary of the
publication between now and the end of the year.
The Guildhall Library stands where the folio's editors, Shakespeare's friends
Henry Condell and John Heminges, once lived, and opposite the churchyard
where they were buried.
The First Folio contains 36 plays, inclu...
