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Nick de Somogyi is an independent scholar and curator, and is the editor of Shakespeare on Theatre and the Shakespeare Folios series, both for Nick Hern Books.
The First Folio is one of the great wonders of the literary world. Published in 1623, seven years after the death of its author, it was the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. Without this achievement, we would have lost half of his dramatic work. This website is dedicated in gratitude to the 400th birthday of this foundational book on the 8th November 2023.