8/27/2023 0 Comments Greg smith genius 2020![]() ![]() And at that time, plays were seldom published. We have no Shakespeare manuscripts of any kind. The initial project was driven by John Heminges and Henry Condell, two actors from Shakespeare’s company who would have known the writer and appeared in his plays. The Auckland library’s folio was the gift in 1894 of former governor and prime minister Sir George Grey, who paid £85 for his copy. Its presence here raises questions about matters that might seem as far from Shakespeare as the book is from its place and time of origin – about how we treat artefacts, how we assign value to culture, a possibly dark imperialist purpose, the role of libraries, and indeed whether a public institution should own an item worth up to $16 million when so many people – at least half of those spoken to in the course of writing this – don’t even know it’s there. “Folio” refers to the size of the book, roughly 31cm x 21cm. Published according to the True Originall Copies. Shakespeare was seven years dead when Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. Displayed inconspicuously in a glass case is a copy of the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio, containing pretty much all his plays. Take the escalator to the second floor of Auckland Central Library, turn left and you’ll probably walk right past one of the world’s most valuable and important books. The book of good acts - Coriolanus 5.2.20 ![]()
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