Without the book, scholars say, plays including “Macbeth,” “The Tempest” and “Twelfth Night” might have been lost.

The First Folio, published about seven years after Shakespeare’s death, contains 36 plays, 18 of them printed for the first time. The first (left) and second folio of works by William ...

The set assembled in 2016 is led by the First Folio, fully titled Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies ... the First Folio was a labor of love undertaken by Shakespeare’s close friends, John ...

After Shakespeare’s death in 1616 ... the King’s Men. The First Folio — fully titled “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies” — contained 36 plays, of which half ...

After Shakespeare’s death in 1616 ... the King’s Men. The First Folio — fully titled “Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories & Tragedies” — contained 36 plays, of which half ...