Learning on Screen"Truth’s Authentic Author": A New First Folio Discovery
- Alternative title
- New First Folio Discovery, A
- Synopsis
- Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Episode 17 in series. In 2014 an old book in a French library, acquired in the 1790s, was identified as an unknown copy of the 1623 First Folio of Shakespearethe first collection of Shakespeare’s plays. Rebecca Sheir talks with Eric Rasmussen, an expert on the First Folio, who authenticated the French discovery. Rasmussen tells stories and makes observations about one of the world’s most iconic rare books. The conversation includes the French First Folio, other distinctive copies, and the modern collectors, scholars, thieves, and Folio hunters who fall under the First Folio’s spell.
. - Series
- Shakespeare Unlimited
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Audio
- Recording date
- 2014
- Duration
- 21 mins
Credits
- Producer
- Richard Paul
- Contributor
- Eric Rasmussen; Rebecca Sheir
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Folio editions
Notes
- Notes
- Podcast: http://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited-episode-17 (accessed 3/2015).
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