First Folios you can see in 2023 on ‘Folio Day’ (23rd April) or during the ‘Folio Season’ (4th March to 8th November)
You will find a list below of where and when you can see an original copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio across the UK (and elsewhere) ranked in their distance from William Jaggard’s Print House.
The Upper Foyer,
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre,
21 New Globe Walk,
London,
SE1 9DT
Open every day, 10.00am to 5.00pm throughout the year. Free entry.
The ‘Munro’ first folio is on daily display in a special cabinet that incorporates a short film and slide show on the making of the First Folio. The Folio is normally open at a play in performance at the Globe.
Maritime London Gallery,
The National Maritime Museum,
Romney Road,
London,
SE10 9NF
31st March to 24th September 2023 10.00am to 5.00pm (suitable for all ages) Free entry.
‘The Tempest and the Thames’
The ‘Dulwich College’ First Folio will be displayed in Maritime London. The display marks the 400th anniversary of the First Folio’s publication and draws out the links between the nautical in Shakespeare’s work and the city in which he wrote.
Sunday 23rd April 2023 10.00am to 5.00pm Free entry
Folio 400 Celebration
On Shakespeare’s birthday, special tours of the Tudor and Stuart Gallery and the Queen’s House will be held alongside the display in the Maritime London Gallery.
20th April to 20th November 2023 Everyday 2.00pm to 4.00pm Free entry.
An Exhibition; The First Folio and books linked with it (Jonson’s Folio, some contemporary quartos, Holinshed, North’s Plutarch and Golding’s Ovid plus Pope and Theobald material).
A catalogue of the exhibition will be written by the boys and girls of the sixth form.
For school/large parties please email to arrange; [email protected].
25th March to 5th November 2023 Everyday 10.00am to 4.00pm
‘To The Great Variety of Readers: Celebrating 400 years of Shakespeare’s First Folio’.
An exhibition at New Place in Stratford. The ‘Ashburnham’ First Folio will be on display together with the gold ‘W.S.’ signet ring (believed to belong to Shakespeare) and the miniature notebook belonging to one of Shakespeare’s earliest fans that was discovered on the Antiques Roadshow.
(ticket allows access to ALL Shakespeare Birthplace Trust sites)
20th April to 29th October 2023 Included on Guided Tours of Longleat House £4.95 in addition to day ticket or annual pass
‘Folio 400: Shakespeare treasures at Longleat’
A display featuring the Longleat First Folio, the Peacham drawing (the only surviving contemporary illustration of a Shakespeare play), and the Longleat portrait of Shakespeare (derived in 1704 from the Chandos portrait).
John Rylands Research Institute and Library,
University of Manchester,
150 Deansgate,
Manchester,
M3 3EH
Saturday 22nd April 2023 11.00am to 4.00pm Free entry
Meet curators and researchers at the University of Manchester to examine and learn about texts illustrating the global connections of Shakespeare’s works from his time to the present. Hear short readings and talks and see our rarely displayed First Folio on display in the stunning surroundings of the Historic Reading Room. Watch our Columbian press in action and take home a Shakespeare quote during a printing demonstration.
The Craven Museum,
Skipton Town Hall,
High Street,
Skipton,
BD23 1AH
Monday to Saturday, 9.30am to 4.30pm, through out the year Free entry
This copy of the First Folio belonged to local businessman John James Wilkinson. His family owned Primrose Mill in Embsay, along with tobacconists and grocers’ shops. John was also a noted scientist and amateur playwright, co-writing a play about Skipton. When John died, he left his First Folio to his sister, Ann. She bequeathed it to the museum in 1936.
Lyrik Kabinett,
Amalienstr. 83A (Back Building),
University of Munich,
80799 Munich,
Germany
24th April 2023, 7.00pm Entry €8/€6, LK Members free
‘All the World’s a Book; the 400th birthday of Shakespeare’s First Folio’
An evening of poems, written especially for the subject by Albert Ostermaier, Uljana Wolf and Marcel Beyer (present) and UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, Lavinia Greenlaw and Ulrike Draener by video-link. Moderator Tobias Döring.
An original First Folio will be on display.
The poems will also be available to read and enjoy on this site.