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href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/firstfolio\/resources\/browns-first-folios\/\" title=\"\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Brown\u2019s First Folios<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/firstfolio\/resources\/shakespeare-in-browns-libraries\/\" title=\"\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Shakespeare in Brown\u2019s Libraries<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Folio! The book that gave us Shakespeare<br>On tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Why should this book matter so much? If John Heminge and Henry Condell hadn\u2019t collected the best copies they could find of the plays their fellow-actor William Shakespeare wrote, we wouldn\u2019t have half of those plays\u2014the half that hadn\u2019t been printed during his lifetime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wouldn\u2019t remember Miranda, the epitome of innocence, saying \u201cO brave new world, that hath such creatures in it,\u201d in&nbsp;<em>The Tempest<\/em>. We wouldn\u2019t hear Macbeth, made cynical by his many murders, intoning \u201cLife\u2019s but a walking shadow\/ That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, \/ And then is heard no more.\u201d And so on, for sixteen other plays in the priceless legacy left us by William Shakespeare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare<\/em><\/strong><em>, on tour from the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/\">Folger Shakespeare Library<\/a><\/em>, is a national traveling exhibition organized by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC, to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2016 of Shakespeare\u2019s death. It is produced in association with the American Library Association and Cincinnati Museum Center.&nbsp;<strong><em>First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare<\/em><\/strong><em>, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library&nbsp;<\/em>has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring human endeavor, and by the support of Google.org, Vinton and Sigrid Cerf, the British Council, and other generous donors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The exhibit is free and open to the public.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When:<\/strong>&nbsp;April 11-May 1, 2016. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 12-5p, Thursday 12-8p. Private tours for students and teachers on request. Contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:coppelia_kahn@brown.edu\">coppelia_kahn@brown.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where:<\/strong>&nbsp;Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center for the Arts, Angell and Thayer Streets, behind Brown University Bookstore.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Q7reZ8\">map \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parking:<\/strong>&nbsp;On street, and in any Brown University parking lot after 5 pm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dlibwwwcit.services.brown.edu\/create\/firstfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/02\/TableContents_FirstFolioFolger-e1747060195162-1024x781.jpg\" alt=\"First Folio, catalogue page\" class=\"wp-image-81\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shakespeare First Folio, 1623. 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