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Photos: Shakespeare takes over Juneau

Published 8:02 am Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Capital City Weekly "On Writing" columnist Jim Hale gives a talk on Shakespeare's First Folio, the changes editors John Heminge and Henry Condell may have made to some of the plays, and the context of play-writing in England in the 1600s.
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Capital City Weekly "On Writing" columnist Jim Hale gives a talk on Shakespeare's First Folio, the changes editors John Heminge and Henry Condell may have made to some of the plays, and the context of play-writing in England in the 1600s.
Capital City Weekly "On Writing" columnist Jim Hale gives a talk on Shakespeare's First Folio, the changes editors John Heminge and Henry Condell may have made to some of the plays, and the context of play-writing in England in the 1600s.
Actors with Theatre in the Rough, and guest readers, read "King Lear" at the Alaska State Museum on July 29. Theatre in the Rough is reading each of Shakespeare's plays while the First Folio, an almost 400-year-old book, is at the museum. The 234 remaining First Folios in existence are the only record of several of Shakespeare's plays, like Macbeth.

Actors with Theatre in the Rough and guest readers read “King Lear” at the Alaska State Museum on July 29. Theatre in the Rough is reading each of Shakespeare’s plays while the First Folio, an almost 400-year-old book, is at the museum. The less than 100 First Folios in existence are the only record of several of Shakespeare’s plays, like Macbeth.

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