In an exclusive Oregon appearance, “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Library” is on view January 6 – February 7, 2016
To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of poet and playwright William Shakespeare several of his original First Folios are embarking on a cross-country tour. The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene will be the only Oregon stop for the traveling exhibition “First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library.”
Visitors will be able to see the book itself, open to Hamlet’s famous “To Be or Not To Be” monologue. The JSMA will offer free admission for the duration of the exhibition, January 6 – February 7, 2016.
