Shakespeare

In 1623 the actors John Heminges and Henry Condell assembled Mr. William Shakespeare''s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, better known as The First Folio. In doing so they preserved literature''s most dramatically vital and poetically rich account of our human world.

Endlessly reinterpreted by critics and performers, Shakespeare''s inexhaustible work has remained abreast of contemporary concerns e...