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Description: | The Library contains copies of each of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Folio editions of Shakespeare's work. The Library also holds over seventy editions of the separate plays published before 1709. Most English editions of hte complete works are represented, from the first illustrated edition, edited by Nicholas Rowe in 1709, to the present, together with a comprehensive collection of criticism. The Library also includes foreign criticism and editions in 93 languages, with particularly strong holdings in French and German. Porduction material is also particularly well covered, with extensive collections of performance reviews, programms, playbills and British and foreign posters. The Library has the complete BBC TV Shakespeare series on video and most commercial Shakespeare video releases, for reference use. There is a small collection of recordings and a number of prompt books, including examples from the Birmingham Theatre Royal and some of Frank Benson's. There are also three sets of nineteenth century scrap books containing illustrations to the plays.; Library catalogues
Birmingham Central Library, Arts, Languages and Literature Department, Birmingham Central Library, | Format: | Playbills Microfilms Press cuttings Books Posters Programmes Scrapbooks Playtexts (prompt books) Video cassettes | Subjects: | 19th Century; 20th Century; 21st Century; theatre history; prompt copies; newspaper cuttings; production records; film; ballet; opera; drama criticism; video releases etc.); theater programs; playbills; theatrical posters; photographs newspapers Books; drama; theater; collection "illustrations"; theater-reviews; clippings (books | Temporal: | 1610 2000 | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Chamberlain Square, Birmingham,,
B3 3HQ | Creator: | Birmingham Shakespeare Library | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Playbills Microfilms Press cuttings Books Posters Programmes Scrapbooks Playtexts (prompt books) Video cassettes | Go to resource |
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