{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='ONLY ON AP Early set of Bard\u0026#39;s folios for sale' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54ca9bd8eafeecae19d57b' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54ca9bd8eafeecae19d57b' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nONLY ON AP Early set of Bard\u0026#39;s folios for sale\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eWilliam Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eWilliam Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the auctioneer's head of books, Margaret Ford, calls \"the holy grail of publishing.\"The four folios are going on display in New York April 1-8 and London April 20-28 before being sold in London on May 25.The First Folio, published in 1623, collected 36 plays, 18 of which had not previously appeared in print and would otherwise have been lost. It also cemented Shakespeare's status as a serious writer, worthy - unusually for a playwright of the time - of a proper, leather-bound book. Later editions, published in 1632, 1664 and 1685, helped preserve his work; the third also included a further play: \"Pericles, Prince of Tyre.\"Of 750 First Folios that were printed, 233 are recorded as having survived. The one being offered by Christie's, valued at between 800,000 pounds and 1.2 million pounds (1.1 million and 1.7 million US dollars), is not on the official list. Christie's says it and two of the other folios are from a \"discreet and off-the-radar\" private collection in Europe and haven’t been seen in public for 200 years.The later folios are less valuable, but according to Ford there are very few  collectors who own all four. The volumes are being sold as separate lots, though Ford thinks a wealthy collector might be tempted to try for the whole set.“There’s tremendous interest in China in Shakespeare but there is no copy of the Shakespeare folio, so that would be a real coup for someone to bring it there,\" Ford said.These days, the Bard is a global brand. The anniversary of his death on April 23, 1616 is being marked by events around the world, from a festival in Chicago to performances in the playwright's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare's Globe theatre is nearing the end of a two-year tour that has taken \"Hamlet\" to almost 200 countries around the world.William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher. To coincide with the anniversary of the Bard's death, auction house Christie's is selling copies of the first four editions of his plays - a collection the auctioneer's head of books, Margaret Ford, calls \"the holy grail of publishing.\"The four folios are going on display in New York April 1-8 and London April 20-28 before being sold in London on May 25.The First Folio, published in 1623, collected 36 plays, 18 of which had not previously appeared in print and would otherwise have been lost. It also cemented Shakespeare's status as a serious writer, worthy - unusually for a playwright of the time - of a proper, leather-bound book. Later editions, published in 1632, 1664 and 1685, helped preserve his work; the third also included a further play: \"Pericles, Prince of Tyre.\"Of 750 First Folios that were printed, 233 are recorded as having survived. The one being offered by Christie's, valued at between 800,000 pounds and 1.2 million pounds (1.1 million and 1.7 million US dollars), is not on the official list. Christie's says it and two of the other folios are from a \"discreet and off-the-radar\" private collection in Europe and haven’t been seen in public for 200 years.The later folios are less valuable, but according to Ford there are very few  collectors who own all four. The volumes are being sold as separate lots, though Ford thinks a wealthy collector might be tempted to try for the whole set.“There’s tremendous interest in China in Shakespeare but there is no copy of the Shakespeare folio, so that would be a real coup for someone to bring it there,\" Ford said.These days, the Bard is a global brand. The anniversary of his death on April 23, 1616 is being marked by events around the world, from a festival in Chicago to performances in the playwright's home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare's Globe theatre is nearing the end of a two-year tour that has taken \"Hamlet\" to almost 200 countries around the world.London - 17 March 20161. Tilt down of spine of the First Folio, the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays2. Close up of Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christies Auction house, reading the folio3. Ford putting first folio on plinth4. Close up of the opening page of the First Folio showing The Tempest5. Ford reading 6. Close up of pages being turned from the The Tempest to The Merchant of Venice7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's\"Christie's are particularly pleased because there are two main points. One is that we are offering a first Folio that has never been recorded before, so we are bringing it out of the shadows and into the light to public attention, and then to have four Folios. The first Folio was the first one to bring eighteen plays into print and without it we wouldn't have eighteen Shakespeare plays.\"8. Pan of three of the four Shakespeare Folios (The second Folio is in New York)9. Tilt up from pages to Title of play reading \"All's Well that Ends Well\"10. Close up of battered edges of book11. Wide of the First Folio12. Close up of \"The Tragedie of Macbeth\"13. Close up of words on page reading (English) \"There to meet with Macbeth\"14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's\"So without the First Folio we wouldn't have plays like Macbeth, like All's Well that Ends Well, Twelfth Night, those are incredibly important plays that still speak to us and we only have them because of the First Folio.\"(Reporter: Are you expecting a lot of interest in this Auction?)\"We do expect a lot of interest of course its the 400th anniversary of his death and this is really a once in a generation opportunity for a collector to acquire all four folios.\"15. Pan of the Third Folio, showing a drawing of William Shakespeare16. Close up showing \"London, Printed for P.C. 1664\"17. Close up of a drawing of Shakespeare18. Wide of the Third Folio19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's  \"This particular copy (First Folio) has been completely of the radar, it's an opportunity to own not only one of the greatest works of English literature but the greatest work of World literature and as I said in a very special copy and it's a copy that we won't have the opportunity to acquire again.\"20. Wide of the First Folio21. Close up of the The Tempest title in Folio22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Ford, International Head of Books and Manuscripts at Christie's\"It's interesting that in the 1980's there was a similar appeal that the Japanese actually acquired a lot of Shakespeare folios, there are a number there, today it would be a fantastic coup for instance there's tremendous interest in China in Shakespeare but there is no copy of the Shakespeare folio, so that would be a real coup for someone to bring it there.\"23. Ford looking at Folios24. Close up of Romeo and Juliet play in Folio25. Close of writing on page reading \"Thy lips are warm\"26. 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