First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare – Mississippi

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 Mississippi.


Exhibition Location: Oxford, Mississippi

Exhibition Venue: University of Mississippi

Exhibition Dates: April 11, 2016 – May 1, 2016


Partner Organizations:

  • Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts
  • University of Mississippi Libraries
  • Department of Theatre
  • Department of English
  • Department of Music
  • Department of Classics
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Rhodes College Department of English
  • Yaknapatawpha Arts Council
  • Theatre Oxford
  • University of Mississippi Museum
  • Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble


Complementary Exhibitions:

  • As Good Luck Would Have It: The Rich Tradition of Shakespeare Scholarship in the Library, March 14, 2016 – Late Summer
  • Wherefore Art Thou: Shakespeare-themed Art Exhibition, April 4, 2016 – May 2, 2016
This art exhibition features pieces that are inspired by quotes from Shakespeare.


Event List:

  • March 8, 2016 – Folger Theatre Master Class: “Performing Shakespeare for a Contemporary Audience”
  • March 8, 2016 – Folger Theatre Master Class: “Clowning in Shakespeare”
  • March 9, 2016 – Performance of Gravedigger’s Tale by Folger Theatre
  • April 4, 2016 – Lecture, Shakespeare’s Romans: The Rediscovery and His Reinvention of Julius Caesar
  • April 5, 2016 – Screening of Sing Thee to Thy Rest; Ole Miss Opera in the Czech Republic, a film by Matthew Graves with Shakespeare and Music, a lecture by Robert Riggs
  • April 11, 2016 – Opening Reception
  • April 13, 206 – Tina Packer’s Women of Will Master Class and Lecture/Demonstration
  • April 14, 2016 – Tina Packer’s Women of Will
  • April 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 2016 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Ole Miss Theatre
  • April 17, 2016 – Shakespeare Activities for Families by Folger Shakespeare Library
  • April 19, 2016 – Lecture, Dissing Shakespeare: Shakespeare on Film in the 20th and 21st Centuries by Ivo Kamps and Karen Raber
  • April 20, 2016 – Shakespeare and Swordplay: A Stage Combat Demonstration
  • April 22, 2016 – Shakespeare and Philosophy Academic Conference
  • April 28, 2016 – Crafty Shakespeare: Theatre as a Collaborative Workshop
  • April 30, 2016 – Music from Shakespeare’s Theatre for Children with Instrument petting zoo Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble
  • May 1, 2016 – Dramatic Reading of The Tempest by Theatre Oxford
  • May 1, 2016 – Music from Shakespeare’s Theatre Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble


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