First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare – Colorado
First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare was a touring exhibition from the Folger Shakespeare Library that visited one location in all 50 United States, Puerto Rico, and Washington DC in 2016 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
This article provides highlights from the exhibition’s visit to Colorado.
Exhibition Location: Boulder, Colorado
Exhibition Venue: University of Colorado Boulder
Exhibition Dates: August 8, 2016 – August 31, 2016
Partner Organizations:
- Center for British and Irish Studies
- Colorado Shakespeare Festival
- College of Music
- CU Art Museum
- Department of English
- Department of History
- Department of Theatre & Dance
- University of Libraries
- Office of the Chancellor
- Government Relations
- Strategic Relations
- Fiske Planetarium
- Alumni Association
- Friends of the Libraries
- Book Arts League
- Denver Center for the Performing Arts
- Boulder Public Library
- Ellie Swenson (local Boulder poetry community)
- Escoffier School of Culinary Arts
- Dairy Center for the Arts
- Denver Botanic Gardens
- Pop Culture Classroom
Complementary Exhibitions:
- Shakespeare’s Bouquet - April, 2016 -October, 2016
- Shakespeare’s plays feature many references to plants, such as “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows/Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows” (A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2.1.255–256). In collaboration with Denver Botanic Gardens, this exhibit features student drawings of plants found throughout Shakespeare’s works.
- Mysterium Tremendum: collecting curiosity. An installation by Matt Barton in collaboration with Scott Johnson – August 9, 2016 – December 17, 2016
- Inspired by the arrival of Shakespeare’s First Folio at CU-Boulder, the installation celebrates the important roles curiosity and wonder play in the pursuit of knowledge from the Renaissance to today. Mysterium Tremendum is a modern “cabinet of curiosities” that brings together materials from libraries, special collections, departments and research centers at CU. Among the highlights on view are objects and implements that inspire the work of faculty alongside materials drawn from the rich collections at the university.
Event List:
- July 21, 2016 – Book Arts League Printing Press Demonstration
- July 23, 2016 – All the World’s a Page: Shakespeare and the Book Arts
- August 5, 2016 – Camp Shakespeare public performance
- August 6, 2016 – Book Arts League Printing Press Demonstration
- August 6, 2016 – Teaching Shakespeare Workshop
- August 6, 2016 – Cakes and Ale: The Food of Shakespeare
- August 7, 2016 – Film Screening: Elizabeth I at the Boulder Public Library
- August 7, 2016 – We princes, I tell you, are set on stages – Elizabeth I in Her Own Words Performance
- August 8, 2016 – Press Preview and Opening Gala
- August 9, 2016 – Museum member previews
- August 9, 2016 – Visual Sonnet Workshop
- August 11, 2016 – Shakespeare Salon & Sonnet Reading
- August 13, 2016 – Cakes and Ale: The Food of Shakespeare
- August 13, 2016 – Shakespeare Garden tours from the CU Museum of Natural History
- August 14, 2016 – We princes, I tell you, are set on stages – Elizabeth I in Her Own Words Performance
- August 16, 2016 – Folio Forum lectures
- The playwright doth protest too much: Shakespeare and the politics of writing about politics by Paul Hammer
- Cervantes, Shakespeare, and Madmen: the Lost Play Cardenio and the England and Spain of 1613-1616 by Diane Sieber
- Exploring the Universe in Shakespeare’s Time by Erica Ellingson
- August 19, 2016 - Therefore turn and draw – A Renaissance Drawing Styles Workshop
- August 20, 2016 – Cakes and Ale: The Food of Shakespeare
- August 20, 2016 – Shakespeare Garden tours from the CU Museum of Natural History
- August 27, 2016 – Cakes and Ale: The Food of Shakespeare
- August 27, 2016 – Shakespeare Garden tours from the CU Museum of Natural History
Click here to learn about the First Folio that visited Colorado.