Shakespeare - The First Folio
Treasures from the Vault
English - May 25, 2020 04:17 - 15 minutes - 13.5 MBHistory Education archive artefacts artifacts historicitems historicobjects history library militaryhistory museum Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1623 two friends of William Shakespeare published the first collection of his plays. Known as the First Folio, it is considered one of the rarest and most important books ever printed. Historian Mat McLachlan examines Australia's only copy of the First Folio, and discovers why the book continues to capture imaginations 400 years after it was published.
Presenter: Mat McLachlan
Producer: Jess Stebnicki
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