"This Precious Book"

Alternative title: Creating Shakespeare’s First Folio
Synopsis: Podcast from the Folger Shakespeare Library. Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at the University of Oxford, and the author of The Making of the First Folio, authenticated the First Folio that was recently discovered in Scotland. In her book, she offers step-by-step examination of how the First Folio was conceived, how Shakespeare’s plays were gathered, how the rights for them were obtained, how the book was laid out, and how it was assembled and printed. Emma Smith is interviewed by Neva Grant.
Series: Shakespeare Unlimited
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 3 May 2016