First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare – Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts.

Exhibition Location: Amherst, Massachusetts

Exhibition Venue: Amherst College

Exhibition Dates: May 9, 2016 – May 31, 2016

Partner Organizations:

Emily Dickinson Museum
University of Massachusetts Amherst Renaissance Center
Amherst Cinema
Jones Library
Hampshire Shakespeare Company

Complementary Exhibition:

Shakespeare, Folger and Amherst, May 9, 2016 – May 31, 2016
Henry Clay Folger (1857–1930) graduated from Amherst in 1879 and spent much of his adult life successfully building the greatest Shakespeare collection in the world. In conjunction with the First Folio on view at the Mead Art Museum, May 9–31, Archives and Special Collections presents a small exhibition about Henry Clay Folger’s time at Amherst, including selections from the College's rare book collection and Amherst’s copy of the Second Folio (1632).

Event List:

April 5, 2016 – Indigenous Shakespeares: Ambiguity and Interpretation
April 6, 2016 – Faculty Salon: A New Play about Shakespeare and Marlowe
April 12, 2016 – Shakespeare and Dance Workshop with Nona Monahin
April 12 – May 3, 2016 – Community Class Series: Shakespeare with Tony Burton
April 21, 2016 – Dance Opera: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Te Capulets and the Montagues) by Amherst College Theater and Dance Department
April 23, 2016 – Dance Opera: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Te Capulets and the Montagues) by Amherst College Theater and Dance Department
May 1, 2016 – 14th Annual Community Renaissance Festival
May 1, 2016 - The Poet and the Bard: A Themed Tour of the Emily Dickinson Museum
May 8, 2016 - The Poet and the Bard: A Themed Tour of the Emily Dickinson Museum
May 10, 2016 – First Folio! Teacher Workshop
May 12, 2016 – Free film screening: Chimes at Midnight
May 12, 2016 – Norman Berlin Tree Dedication and Shakespeare Lecture
May 14, 2016 – From Page to Stage: A Family Workshop
May 14, 2016 – Young Shakespeare Players East presents Romeo and Juliet
May 14, 2016 – Shakespeare Movie Marathon
May 14, 2016 – Shakespeare & Company’s 2016 Northeast Regional Tour of Shakespeare presents Twelfth Night
May 15, 2016 - The Poet and the Bard: A Themed Tour of the Emily Dickinson Museum
May 19, 2016 – Making Sense of Nonsense in Shakespeare’s First Folio
May 19, 2016 – Gallery Tour
May 21, 2016 – Young Shakespeare Players East presents Romeo and Juliet
May 21, 2016 - Swords Through the Ages
May 22, 2016 – Young Shakespeare Players East presents Romeo and Juliet
May 22, 2016 - The Poet and the Bard: A Themed Tour of the Emily Dickinson Museum
May 26, 2016 – Talk and Screening of Julius Caesar (1949)
May 26, 2016 – Lecture, Emily Dickinson’s Shakespeare presented by Dr. Páraic Finnerty
May 27, 2016 – Performance of The Gravedigger’s Tale by Folger Theatre
May 27, 2016 – Gallery Tour
May 28, 2016 – Dickinson Meets Shakespeare in the Garden
May 29, 2016 - The Poet and the Bard: A Themed Tour of the Emily Dickinson Museum

Click here to learn about the First Folio that visited Massachusetts.