{"id":775,"date":"2021-04-14T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/?post_type=plays&p=775"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:09:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:09:52","slug":"preface-front-pages","status":"publish","type":"plays","link":"https:\/\/folio400.com\/plays\/preface-front-pages\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Pages"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
William Shakespeare\u2019s plays are not the only creative works to appear in the First Folio. In the pages before the plays, there are five poems written in praise of Shakespeare and his remarkable contribution to the theatre. Their authors, Ben Jonson, Hugh Holland, Leonard Digges, and his friend and fellow translator James Mabbe, are described in the Cast<\/span> section of this site.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u2018His days are done, that made the dainty Plays, Hugh Holland<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u2018We wondered, Shakespeare, that thou went\u2019st so soon James Mabbe<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u2018This Book, Leonard Digges<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u2018Soul of the Age! Ben Jonson<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The book\u2019s editors, John Heminge and Henry Condell, wrote two pieces that appear in the front pages of the First Folio: one is addressed to their influential patrons, William and Philip Herbert, and the other to potential buyers. They give an insight into their relationship with their friend Shakespeare, but also convey an urgent need to sell the book and recover the costs of its printing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Which made the Globe of heav\u2019n and earth to ring.\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
From the world\u2019s Stage, to the grave\u2019s Tiring-room.\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
When Brass and Marble fade, shall make thee look
Fresh to all Ages.\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
The applause! delight! The wonder of our Stage!\u2019
\u2018Thou art a monument, without a tomb,
And art alive still, while thy book doth live,
And we have wits to read, and praise to give.\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t