The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion spices For more than sixty-five years

For more than sixty-five years

and octopi

People sat at wooden tables on wooden chairs and ate from wooden dishes

as well as simple trial and error in her own studio

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion spices For more than sixty-five yearsThe unlikely true story of why we know the name William Shakespeare today, and the four hundred year old book that made it possible. Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters' lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor's role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we've heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and William Shakespeare himself is