As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at some of the possible sources that Shakespeare could have drawn on. Included in this case are:

The mirour for magistrates, London: Henry Marsh, 1587.

Michel de Montaigne, Essayes written in French, done into English by John Florio, London: Melch. Bradwood, 1613.

Raphael Holinshed, The historie of England, London, 1586.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at Poems written by Wil. Shakespeare gent. London: Tho. Cotes, 1640, and discusses the changes made to Shakespeare’s poetry in the book.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at Poems written by Wil. Shakespeare gent. London: Tho. Cotes, 1640, and discusses the changes made to Shakespeare’s poetry in the book.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at Poems written by Wil. Shakespeare gent. London: Tho. Cotes, 1640, and discusses the changes made to Shakespeare’s poetry in the book.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at Poems written by Wil. Shakespeare gent. London: Tho. Cotes, 1640, and discusses the changes made to Shakespeare’s poetry in the book.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp discusses the four Folios on display alongside the quarto edition of Pericles. Included in the cases are:

First Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, London: Issac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Second Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632.

Third Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Philip Chetwinde, 1664.

Fourth Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bently, 1685.

William Shakespeare, Pericles, London: Thomas Pavier, 1619.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp discusses the four Folios on display alongside the quarto edition of Pericles. Included in the cases are:

First Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, London: Issac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Second Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632.

Third Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Philip Chetwinde, 1664.

Fourth Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bently, 1685.

William Shakespeare, Pericles, London: Thomas Pavier, 1619.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp discusses the four Folios on display alongside the quarto edition of Pericles. Included in the cases are:

First Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, London: Issac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Second Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632.

Third Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Philip Chetwinde, 1664.

Fourth Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bently, 1685.

William Shakespeare, Pericles, London: Thomas Pavier, 1619.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp discusses the four Folios on display alongside the quarto edition of Pericles. Included in the cases are:

First Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories & tragedies, London: Issac Jaggard and Ed. Blount, 1623.

Second Folio. Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Tho. Cotes for Robert Allot, 1632.

Third Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: Philip Chetwinde, 1664.

Fourth Folio. Mr. William Shakespear’s comedies, histories, and tragedies, London: H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bently, 1685.

William Shakespeare, Pericles, London: Thomas Pavier, 1619.

As part of the exhibition ‘Shakespeare in his time’ on at Sir George Grey Special Collections, Curator Iain Sharp looks at the books on display from Shakespeare’s contemporaries. These are The workes of Benjamin Jonson, London: W. Standsby, 1616, and Comedies and tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen, London: Humphrey Mosely and Humphrey Robinson, 1647.