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"Folio" refers to the size of the book, about 15 inches tall with each page about 11 inches wide. It was made of sheets of 15 x 22 inch paper folded once. A "Quarto" edition started with the same size of paper folded twice, so each page was 11 inches by 7.5 inches, a little narrower than letter size bond.
Some of Shakespeare's plays, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear, were printed as a single play in Quarto format during Shakespeare's lifetime, sometimes more than once. But after his death, in 1623, two of his business associates and friends, Heminges and Condell, published 36 of his plays in Folio Format, in a book we now call The First Folio.
The Quarto and Folio versions of the play are often quite different (especially with Hamlet and King Lear). So, with Hamlet, you will see references to Quarto 1 or Q1, the First or "bad" quarto publication of 1603, Quarto 2, or Q2, the "good" quarto of 1604 or the Folio text of 1623. The Folio text, for example, does not have Hamlet's final soliloquy, "How all occasions do inform against me", but parts that are in the Folio are missing from Q2 as well.
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Where can one purchase the folio edition of the game Scrabble?
There are plenty of places in order for one to purchase the folio edition of the game Scrabble. However, it is strongly suggested that one should order from the website Amazon.
What exactly was the first folio?
The First Folio is the nickname of the first edition of the book "William Shakespeare his Histories, Comedies and Tragedies" which was published in 1623 by John Heminges and Henry Condell, friends and business associates of Shakespeare's. The book contains 36 plays, many of which had not been previously published. It is called the First Folio because it is the first edition, and because it was printed in Folio format (that refers to the size of the pages).
Who published an edition of William Shakespeare's work in 1616?
The work of Ben Jonson is published in Folio format
Is King Leopold a Shakespeare play?
There is no play of that name in the Folio or among any of the lists of his plays. The answer is no.
What is the name of first edition of Shakespeares collected work?
It's called the First Folio, but it is only his collected plays. It does not include his poetry.
What is an antonym for folio?
An antonym for "folio" could be "compact" or "small."
What play appears in the first folio of 1623 but isn't in the table of contents?
Troilus and Cressida
How do you use folio in a sentence?
a folio is a page from a manuscript
What number play was Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet is the 12th play in the First Folio of Shakespeare's works, which was published in 1623.
What three genres were Shakepeare's play divided into in the First Folio?
The three catagories were tragedy, comedy and history.
How much did Shakespeare's first book of collected plays sell for?
The First Folio sold for £1 (one pound sterling). That was an enormous sum. It was a special limited edition.
How many plays were published in shakepeares first edition?
By "Shakespeare's first edition" I assume you mean the First Folio, the first compilation of his plays. About half of the plays in the First Folio had been previously published, some several times. As well, the collection of his sonnets was also published during his lifetime. The First Folio, compiled by his friends Heminges and Condell, was published in 1623, seven years after his death, and contained 36 plays of the 38 generally accepted to be his. (The two plays missing from the collection are Pericles Prince of Tyre and The Two Noble Kinsmen.)
