Shakespeare!

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Adam Douglas about collecting Shakespeare, focusing on the 1623 First Folio and its rarity.

Join us as we talk with special guest Adam Douglas of Peter Harrington Rare Books about collecting Shakespeare and specifically about that Holy Grail of collecting, the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio. It is a rare event when one becomes available and Peter Harrington is currently offering a copy. We pick Adam's brain about the specifics of their copy, the history of the creation of the Folio, why Shakespeare and his fellow actors didn't want to publish their texts, why copies are so rare, why each copy is different, and so much more... Enjoy the episode! And, as always, please don't hesitate to send questions or comments our way at: hello@rarebookchat.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeremy O'Connor, Michael DiRuggiero

Guest: Adam Douglas

Topics covered

• Shakespeare
• collecting
• First Folio
• rare books
• literature
• history

Keywords

• Shakespeare
• First Folio
• collecting
• rare books
• literature
• history
• Peter Harrington

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Peter Harrington Rare Books

Books & works: 1623 Shakespeare First Folio

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