“Shakespeare tells the human story like no one else. Throughout 2016, UW-Madison, in coordination with partners throughout the state, is planning a variety of programs for the public. Accompanying the rare book will be a multi-panel exhibit exploring the significance of Shakespeare, then and now, with additional artifacts from various UW collections. When displayed, the First Folio will be opened to the one of the most-quoted lines in the world, “To be or not to be,” from Hamlet. Without their efforts, the world may have never known eighteen of these plays, including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, and As You Like It. Two of Shakespeare’s fellow actors compiled thirty-six of his plays to preserve them for future generations. The First Folio, published in 1623, is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, many of which were not published during his lifetime. The Chazen and the UW–Madison Libraries partnered to bring the exhibition to Madison. The Chazen Museum of Art met the exacting facility standards required to exhibit the folio.
The Folger Shakespeare Library, in association with Cincinnati Museum Center and the American Library Association, is touring a First Folio of Shakespeare in 2016 to all 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has been selected as the host site for the state of Wisconsin for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a national traveling exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio, one of the world’s most treasured books.
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