400 Years of the First Folio: Part 2 Creating the Folio

As my own small contribution to the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the printing of the first folio of Shakespeare's plays in this second episode of a short mini-series I look at the inspiration and motivations for the First Folio and how it was producedWhat prompted the creator to produce the First Folio?Ben Johnson’s First FolioJohn Hemenge – Actor and AdministratorHenry Condell – Actor and friend of ShakespeareRichard Burbage – Just a brief sketchHow the plays existed in print and manuscript and how they were collectedFinancing the projectEdward Blunt, Bookseller and his previous work with Shakespeare’s playsWillian Jaggard, printer and his previous work with Shakespeare’s plays and poemsIsacc Jaggard and his workshopThe printing methodApprentices and printing errorsDecretive woodblocksThe engraved portraitSupport the podcast at:www.thehistoryofeuropeantheatre.comwww.ko-fi.com/thoetpwww.patreon.com/thoetpThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.