A sycamore aslant a brook, showing his bright leaves in the glassy stream 💛💙💛
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“To be or not to be...”
Which Shakespeare plays are most quoted?
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JSTOR Labs Folger Shakespeare Library

'I am a kind of burr; I shall stick'
(Measure for Measure)

Burdock fruits now & summer flowers💜🤎💜
Velcro's inventor noticed how effectively burr hooks attached themselves to his dog 🐶 #ShakespeareSunday #folio400

Death by Shakespeare
Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays
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Happy 400th birthday to Shakespeare’s First Folio! Our copy is on free public display in the Treasury until 20 November, alongside later editions of Shakespeare’s works and books by some of his contemporaries.

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We're sure you already knew this.

But if not, hey, the only surviving playscript in the hand of William Shakespeare is online.

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Shakespeare before Shakespeare

In which we examine the medieval incarnations of some of William Shakespeare's most famous characters

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What an asp!

From our new blogpost, Shakespeare before Shakespeare

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Quiz Time: #Folio400 Edition 📚

The #FirstFolio contains 36 of Shakespeare's plays. But only 35 are listed on the contents page! Can you spot which one is missing?

Happy #Folio400 day! You can read about the only copy in Ireland on our blog: tcd.ie/library/manusc…

As we celebrate Shakespeare today and think about the complexities of #Folio400 , I thought I’d re-share my recently published SQ piece about the 2016 Folio tour and the politics of preservation and commemoration. academic.oup.com/sq/article-abs… #ShakeRace

All ready to go John Rylands Research Institute and Library for #folio400 today

“Towards Ludlow then, for we'll not stay behind” Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare. Hath ye all a merry Wednesday 😁
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Frontispiece from William Shakespeare's First Folio, portrait Martin Droeshout, published Isaac Iaggard & Edward Blount (1623). Fritillaria meleagris association by John Gerard (1597) #ShakespearesBirthday #Folio400

Happy #Folio400 day to all who celebrate 🎉

A treat earlier this week to unite briefly The Queen's College’s Shakespeare First Folio and the The Stationers' Company Register recording its publication in 1623 #Folio400

As part of Trinity's contribution to Folio400 here is the link to our short online exhibition. It includes a beautiful translation into Irish of Caliban's 'The isle is full of noises' by the wonderful Irish poet Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin.

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2023 is the 400th Birthday of the First Folio, the 1st printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays 📚

We are delighted to partner with National Library of Scotland & The Hunterian UofGlasgowASC in placing our 3 Scottish copies on public display this year. #Folio400

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Shakespeare's first folio, 1623, at IU's Lilly Library.

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(Photo + h/t Thom Atkinson)