Shakespeare in Print: The First Folio

11 March 2017 – 23 April 2017
10:00am – 9:00pm
Level 10, Gallery, National Library Building

Join us at the National Library as we showcase Shakespeare’s First Folio, first printed in 1623, on special loan from The University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries for six weeks only. Shakespeare’s plays are among the most significant pieces of literature in the English language and have influenced art and media all over the world for centuries.

Shakespeare in Print: The First Folio is an exciting opportunity for you to see Shakespeare’s plays in their first printed form. Without it and the efforts of its publishers to preserve Shakespeare’s works, plays such as Antony and Cleopatra, The Tempest, and Macbeth would have been lost. What’s more, you will also learn about the impact of Shakespeare’s works on theatre in Asia as well as his influence on our modern-day use of the English language.

Shakespeare

14 March 2017 – 25 April 2017
Esplanade Public Library | 14 March 2017 – 23 April 2017
Jurong Regional Library | 15 March 2017 – 24 April 2017
Marine Parade Library | 16 March 2017 – 25 April 2017

Alongside the main showcase the National Library, three public libraries will host “#Shakespeare”, a display that turns stories from Shakespeare’s plays into tweets by key characters from plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hamlet.