The exhibition, For All Time – The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO, marks the first time that all four Folios have been presented in Vancouver. 12 to March 22 along with three subsequent 17th-century Folio editions of Shakespeare’s plays. It was formerly owned by a private collector in the US. In partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery, this tangible piece of cultural heritage will be exhibited to the public from Jan. UBC acquired the First Folio through auction house Christie’s New York with funding provided by a group of donors from across North America and support from the Department of Canadian Heritage. UBC’s digital media plan for the Folio will not only engage new communities, but also amplify the value of one of the world’s most precious cultural treasures and make the wonder of Shakespeare accessible to everyone. The acquisition comes with a mandate to ensure public access to the unique volume. UBC’s department of theatre and film, the emerging media lab at UBC, and the master of digital media program at the Centre for Digital Media plan to collaborate on augmented and virtual reality projects. The First Folio, previously owned by a private collector in the United States, was acquired by UBC through Christie’s New York with funds donated by a consortium of across North America and with generous support from the Department of Canadian Heritage. “We are deeply grateful to the many foundations and individual donors who have been essential in making an acquisition like this possible for a place like UBC Library and we are honoured to be its caretakers.” “In comparison to many of our peer institutions, we are a relatively young university library,” said University Librarian Dr. UBC purchased the First Folio, formerly owned by a private collector in the U.S., through Christie’s New York with funding provided by a consortium of donors from across North America and with the generous support of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Photo of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, published in 1623, and gifted to the UBC Library. The 1623 publication is considered the most authoritative of all early printings. The First Folio, as it’s also known, includes 36 of Shakespeare’s 38 known plays, edited by his close friends, fellow writers and actors. The University of British Columbia has acquired a complete first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies Histories and Tragedies-an extremely rare book published seven years after Shakespeare’s death and credited with preserving almost half of his plays.
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