First Folio Books

(recently published and coming in 2023)

Shakespeare’s Syndicate - Ben Higgins

‘Shakespeare’s Syndicate; The First Folio, its Publishers and the Early Modern trade’

By Ben Higgins
Career Development Fellow in English Literature,
Lady Margaret Hall,
University of Oxford
Published March 2022

The Intertwined Lives - Chris Laoutaris

‘Shakespeare’s Book; The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio’

By Chris Laoutaris
Biographer, historian, poet, Shakespeare scholar, and Associate Professor at The Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England.
Coming March 2023

‘Shakespeare’s First Folio; Four Centuries of an Iconic Book’ - New Edition

A new and updated printing of this fascinating book, in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio.

By Emma Smith
Professor of Shakeaspeare Studies at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow at Hertford College, University of Oxford.
Coming April 2023

The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio - Emma Smith

‘The Making of Shakespeare’s First Folio’ - New Edition

This new edition combines the recent discovery of a hitherto unknown edition of the First Folio at Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute with the human, artistic, economic and technical stories of the birth of this landmark publication.

By Emma Smith
Professor of Shakeaspeare Studies at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow at Hertford College, University of Oxford.

Greg Doran Director's Journey

'My Shakespeare: A Director’s Journey through the First Folio'

The book charts Greg’s personal and professional journey directing or producing all of the plays within Shakespeare’s First Folio for the RSC, culminating with the upcoming production of his last, Cymbeline.

The RSC Complete Works

Bloomsbury and The Royal Shakespeare Company have worked in partnership to produce this Complete Works based on the First Folio.