02336cam a2200373 i 4500 1339349466 TxAuBib 20240621120000.0 240621s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781682634950 20.00 1682634957 20.00 TxAuBib rda Bausum, Ann. The Bard and the Book [Book] : How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion. Atlanta, GA : Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc., 2024. 103 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Contains index. Act I. William Shakespeare becomes brilliant, then dies -- Act II. The fleeting nature of theater prepares to vanquish Macbeth -- Act III. Romeo and Juliet tussle with their first teen reader -- Act IV. Shakespeare catches fire, literally -- Act V. The world goes nuts for Shakespeare. Four hundred years ago, no one bothered to write down the exact words of stage plays. Characters’ lines were scribbled on small rolls of paper (as in, an actor’s role) and passed around, but no master script was saved for the future. The main reason we’ve heard of Romeo, Juliet, Hamlet, and Shakespeare himself is that a group of people made the excellent choice to preserve the plays after the Bard died. If they hadn’t created the book known as the First Folio, Shakespeare and his works would surely have been lost to history. Part literary scavenger hunt (the search for every existing First Folio continues today), part book trivia treasure trove, and part love letter to Shakespeare, this behind-the-scenes, sharply funny true story is an ideal introduction to the Bard and his famous plays. RL-5. Lex-700. IL-4-6. 20240621. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Plays First Folio Juvenile literature. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Juvenile literature. Early printed books 17th century Juvenile literature. Sevilla, Marta, illustrator.