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Explore AM's groundbreaking Open Access archive dedicated to Shakespeare's First Folios. This innovative online platform allows researchers, students, and Shakespeare enthusiasts worldwide to explore and compare copies of the renowned First Folio. The project marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, a seminal collection of William Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623.

AM Editor, Matthew Brand takes a look at some of the RSC prompt books in our our newest Shakespeare collection, pulling out the visually stunning 1986 ‘Yuppie’ production of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Michael Bogdanov and starring Sean Bean and Niamh Cusack.

AM's new digital resource, allows researchers to delve into the RSC's extensive production history to explore how the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and other playwrights have been performed since the late nineteenth century.