First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare – West Virginia

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 West Virginia.

Exhibition Location: Wheeling, West Virginia

Exhibition Venue: Museums of Olgebay Institute

Exhibition Dates: May 9, 2016 – June 12, 2016

Partner Organizations:

West Liberty University’s Elbin Library
Ohio County Public Library
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling Film Society
Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre
Vintage Theater Company’s Rustic Mechanicals
West Virginia Reading Association District 1

Event List:

March 5, 2016 – First Folio Teacher’s Program
March 19, 2016 – First Folio Teacher’s Program
April 6, 2016 – Hughes Lecture, The Book, by author Charlie Lovett.
April 23, 2016 – First Folio! Film Mini Festival, Hamlet (directed by Kenneth Branagh)
April 26, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Hamlet: Modern Man in an Age of Anxiety Lecture by Lou Volpe
May 3, 2016 – Lunch with Books, The Dresser
May 3, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Anthony and Cleopatra Lecture by Dr. Paul Orr
May 6, 2016 – Towngate Theatre presents The Dresser
May 7, 2016 – Towngate Theatre presents The Dresser
May 7, 2016 – The Rustic Mechanicals and Marginalia present a Madrigal Dinner
May 8, 2016 – Towngate Theatre presents The Dresser
May 9, 2016 – First Folio! Exhibit Opening
May 10, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Introduction to First Folio Lecture by Owen Williams
May 13, 2016 – First Folio Exhibit Tour – Steubenville HS Teachers
May 13, 2016 – Towngate Theatre presents The Dresser
May 14, 2016 – Towngate Theatre presents The Dresser
May 14, 2016 – Family Program – Have Fun with Hamlet
May 17, 2016 – First Folio Program – Wheeling Rotary Club
May 17, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Henry V Lecture by Lou Volpe
May 17, 2016 - Reading of Love Letters of French composer Hector Berlioz
May 18, 2016 - First Folio Exhibition School Tour – Wheeling Country Day School 4th Grade
May 18, 2016 - First Folio Exhibition School Tour – St. Vincent’s 7th
May 21, 2016 – ShakesBEER in the Park
May 21, 2016 - Performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Wheeling Jesuit University Theatre
May 22, 2016 – First Folio Film Mini-Festival, Henry V (directed by Kenneth Branagh)
May 24, 2016 - Lunch With Books, Henry V Conversation
May 24, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, The Tempest Lecture by Dr. Paul Orr
May 26, 2016 – First Folio Exhibit Tour – Lake Mohawk Art Club
May 28, 2016 – Family Program – Words, Words, Words!
May 29, 2016 – The Tempest, performed by the Rustic Mechanicals
May 31, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Lecture by Dr. Amy Criniti Phillips
June 4, 2016 – Society of Creative Anachronism Demonstrations
June 7, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, King Lear: Creation shouts and the Poor cry out! Lecture by Lou Volpe
June 8, 2016 – First Folio Program – Wheeling Lions Club
June 11, 2016 – Family Program – Create a Folio
June 11, 2016 - Performance of The Gravedigger’s Tale by Folger Theatre
June 12, 2016 – Exhibit Closes – Open House “Parting is Such Sweet Sorrow"
June 12, 2016 - First Folio Film Mini-Festival, Much Ado About Nothing (directed byKenneth Branagh)
June 14, 2016 – Lunch with Books, Much Ado About Nothing Conversation
June 14, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing Lecture by Dr. Paul Orr
June 21, 2016 – The People’s University Shakespeare, Richard III Lecture by Dr. Amy Criniti Phillips

Click here to learn about the First Folio that visited West Virginia.