Event Title
First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare
Location
Cleveland Public Library, 325 Superior Ave., N.E., Cleveland, OH 44114
Event Website
http://cpl.org/firstfolio/
Start Date
6-20-2016 10:00 AM
End Date
7-30-2016 6:00 PM
Cost to Attend
Free: Registration Encouraged
Pre-registration required?
Yes
Contact Information (for registration)
Drop-in admission will only be available on a space-available basis. We strongly encourage you to make advance reservations to ensure your access to the exhibit at your preferred date and time. It’s easy to obtain your free admission ticket for First Folio! in advance: visit First Folio Tickets for registration information.
Event Type
Exhibit
Description
The First Folio! fifty-state national tour is part of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2016 Wonder of Will celebration of 400 years of Shakespeare. The tour offers those from Ohio a fabulous opportunity to experience this unique work that truly gave us Shakespeare. The book will be on display in the library, opened to Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” speech, and visitors are invited to visit and encounter the original 1623 First Folio text for themselves.
Cleveland Public Library will be the site for the Ohio First Folio! tour stop. The book will be on display in the Treasure Room within the Special Collections on the third floor of the Main Library, 325 Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland from June 20 to July 30, 2016 during regular Library hours. Visitors are encouraged to explore Shakespeare-themed displays, activities, performances, spoken word events, crafts classes, and technology in Brett Hall, The John G. White Corridor, the third floor displays, Tech Central, and the Cleveland Digital Public Library before viewing the First Folio in the Treasure Room. See our calendar for a full list of events.
Event Location
First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare
Cleveland Public Library, 325 Superior Ave., N.E., Cleveland, OH 44114
The First Folio! fifty-state national tour is part of the Folger Shakespeare Library’s 2016 Wonder of Will celebration of 400 years of Shakespeare. The tour offers those from Ohio a fabulous opportunity to experience this unique work that truly gave us Shakespeare. The book will be on display in the library, opened to Hamlet’s famous “To be or not to be” speech, and visitors are invited to visit and encounter the original 1623 First Folio text for themselves.
Cleveland Public Library will be the site for the Ohio First Folio! tour stop. The book will be on display in the Treasure Room within the Special Collections on the third floor of the Main Library, 325 Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland from June 20 to July 30, 2016 during regular Library hours. Visitors are encouraged to explore Shakespeare-themed displays, activities, performances, spoken word events, crafts classes, and technology in Brett Hall, The John G. White Corridor, the third floor displays, Tech Central, and the Cleveland Digital Public Library before viewing the First Folio in the Treasure Room. See our calendar for a full list of events.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/octavofest/2016/all/1