First Folio

Name: Collecting Shakespeare’s First Folio in America
Start: 2025-09-24T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-24T19:30:00-04:00

September 2023
September 5, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT

Shakespeare’s First Folio at 400

Sponsored by The Caxton Club and The Newberry Library Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Newberry. This program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. Free and open to all. Register at the Newberry: https://www.newberry.org/calendar/shakespeares-first-folio-at-400 Esteemed Shakespeare […]
September 2025
September 24 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Collecting Shakespeare’s First Folio in America

Sponsored by The Grolier Club This talk by David Alan Richards, Grolier Club member (and former Council member), will cover centuries of Shakespeare's First Folios arriving in America. The first made its way to Boston in 1791, and the first offered by an American book dealer was at Astor House on Broadway in 1847. By […]