Shakespeare's First Folio turns 400: what would be lost without the collection? An expert speculates

Shakespeare's First Folio was the first published work to include Macbeth. Matt Riches/Unsplash

It has been 400 years since the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, a volume now known as the First Folio. Prepared by his fellow actors after his death, the book presented 36 plays divided into the genres of comedy, history and tragedy.

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