Summary: The First Folio seems like a dry subject, but it's the only way we could talk about some of the most important documents in Shakespeare's record: the poems at the beginning of the book, and the Droeshout Portrait. Thanks, Wikipedia!Places you can see the First Folio:Photographic copyA different Photographic copy Plain Text Version Next Episode is about OthelloEpisode Outline after the break.The First Folio 1. Intro 1. names 2. First Folio 2. What's the deal with the first Folio? 1. one of the most significant books of the century, it's either that or KJV 3. Making the First Folio 1. Shakespeare was dead for seven years 2. Heminges and Condell did not have a complete a perfect copy, many plays are quite poor 3. It appears they didn't have originals, or had poor originals, or had to gather materials from others 4. Jaggard's printing press 1. Jaggard had made a book that pirated WH's stuff, but there's no one else to go to for this kind of job 5. Printers would gladly edit stuff they didn't like, and there are many printing errors, only a few of them corrected with later copies 6. This means that few if any copies can be described as identical 4. What's in the first folio 1. Pretty crummy, as a book 1. Looks unimpressive, physically. Bland cover. 2. Typing is often foreign, including the funky f->s deal, and v->u 3. Latin Stage directions, act and scene names 2. Picture 1. Brief Poem by BJ about portrait 2. crummy drawring, even if WH looked generally like this, he's probably not lopsided 3. Messages by Heminges and Condell 1. 1 to the patrons 1. William Earl of Pembroke 2. Philip Earl of Montgomery 2. 1 to the peoples 4. Genres 1. This is the codification of the genres 5. Dedications 1. Dedications at the time 1. Sort of like the bits on the back of books, where it quotes some guy 2. Most people (later in the century) have a lot more dedications, that one guy even had one that said "I w
