"Mine Own Library with Volumes That I Prize"

Alternative title

Millionaire and the Bard, The

Synopsis

Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Henry Clay Folger became the world’s leading collector of Shakespeare First Folios. Economist and author Andrea Mays talks with Neva Grant about Folger’s life and how he went about collecting all these books. Folger did not limit himself to First Folios. He also, together with his wife Emily Jordan Folger, assembled the world’s largest Shakespeare collection—and founded the Folger Shakespeare Library. Mays’s book ‘The Millionaire and the Bard’ was published in 2015.

Series

Shakespeare Unlimited

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Audio

Notes

Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-36 (accessed 11/2015).

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Folger Shakespeare Library; Folio editions; Folger, Henry Clay (1857--1930)

Credits

Contributor

Andrea Mays; Neva Grant; Richard Paul

Production Company

Name

R.L. Paul Productions