Making Shakespeare: The First Folio Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost. Tracing the First Folio’s story, the film also spotlights how New York City’s Public Theater presents Shakespeare’s work for today’s audiences.
Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Making Shakespeare: The First Folio Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 7 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, which saved 18 plays from being lost. Tracing the First Folio’s story, the film also spotlights how New York City’s Public Theater presents Shakespeare’s work for today’s audiences.
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The first edition of Shakespeare's Complete Plays.
In 1623, seven years after he died, his actor friends published his plays, 18 of them, for the very first time.
Macbeth.
This First Folio gave us Shakespeare... Hamlet.
forever.
Now, 400 years later, join us for fascinating tales of the First Folio in Making Shakespeare.
When shall we three meet again?
On Great Performances.
Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari Examine a First Folio
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Brian Cox and Nicole Ansari examine one of Shakespeare's First Folios. (1m 18s)
King Charles III Examines the First Folio of King Charles I
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King Charles III examines the First Folio of King Charles I. (1m 54s)
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In 1998 in Durham, England, a First Folio vanishes without a trace. (4m 21s)
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...