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Shakespeare Folios

Each edition in the Shakespeare Folios series accurately reproduces the text of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623), but in modern type. At a stroke the dust of ages is blown away and what Shakespeare actually intended is revealed to modern readers.

Now Shakespeareans everywhere – students, actors, directors – can see for themselves what the Folio really says.

As a further aid to understanding, on each opposing page the same text appears in a fully modernised version – a useful safety net whenever the Folio becomes problematic.

Each volume also contains:

  • an introduction to the particular play
  • textual notes
  • an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate
  • a facsimile page from the First Folio

'A quite wonderful idea... So blindingly obvious, I can't understand why nobody had thought of it before. I will certainly use the texts myself' Peter Hall

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Othello

Othello

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
3f 11m plus extras

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

Richard II

Richard II

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
5f 31m

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

Richard III

Richard III

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
4f 42m, extras

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
4f 24m plus extras (doubling possible)

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

The Tempest

The Tempest

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
1f 15m

An eidition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
3f 14m

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series, offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

By William Shakespeare Edited by Nick de Somogyi
8f 15m, doubling (large cast possible)

An edition of the play in the Shakespeare Folios series - offering the absolute authenticity of the First Folio in a totally accessible form.

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