The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare: Four Hundred Years of the First Folio

Trinity Long Room Hub Podcasts · Jun 2, 2023 · 44m

Recorded April 12, 2023. An in-person lecture by Prof Andy Murphy (TCD) organised by the School of English in conjunction with Trinity College Library and the Trinity Long Room Hub as part of the First Folio celebrations. As part of the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays -- the 'First Folio' -- Prof Andy Murphy of the School of English at Trinity will give a public lecture on the history of the volume and why it is so important. Trinity holds the only copy of the First Folio on the island of Ireland and Prof Murphy…