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LONDON - A portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were sent to the edge of space as part of a short film series marking 400 years since the first volume of the…

The editions were compiled by Shakespeare's friends and published seven years after his death. (Reuters)Five of the six copies come from private collections, and the sixth from the Senate House Library at the University of London. …

After his death, William Shakespeare’s two friends, John Heminge and Henry Condel decided to publish his work. Publishers Edward Blount and Isaac Jaggard began to make what is commonly known as the “First Folio”, published in 1623. Now, 400…

In 1622, the Frankfurt Book Fair helped launch the British playwright's collected works. The posthumous publication remains relevant to this day. Even though the Frankfurt Book Fair in its modern form started in 1949, the German city's…