![]() ![]() That is why Sandra Richter, director of the German Literary Archive in Marbach, refers to the First Folio as a "great feat of publishing" that contributed to creating the "image of a world-class poet," according the exhibition press release. ![]() Shakespeare speaks eloquently on love, death and war Today, these plays are still performed all over the world, making William Shakespeare one of the most successful authors of all times. Without the printed collection, large parts of Shakespeare's work may have been lost, among them such classics as "Macbeth," "Twelfth Night" and "The Taming of the Shrew." Shown here, a colored engraving from the 19th century Image: Prisma Archivo/picture allianceīefore the publication of the First Folio in 1623, only individual plays had been published. ![]() William Shakespeare lived from 1564 to 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. This first official edition of his collected works, published under the title "Mr William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies" has become known as the First Folio.įor its 400th anniversary, the German Literary Archive Marbach is dedicating an exhibition to the book that would go on to make literary history.Īlthough William Shakespeare was already successful during his lifetime, it was only through the worldwide distribution of his works in print seven years after his death that he was to become a global literary legend. Illustrating the fair's early importance, in 1622, the catalog of the Frankfurt Book Fair contained a very special announcement: The plays of a prominent British playwright would be published in print for the first time. Even though the Frankfurt Book Fair in its modern form started in 1949, the German city's publishers' trade event actually has a tradition spanning more than five centuries. ![]()
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