September 12, 2004
* British Library Publishes Digitized Copies of Shakespeare Plays

"The British Library is putting online 93 high-resolution digitised copies of 21 of Shakespeare's plays." [Link]

  • "On this site you will find the British Library's 93 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto before the theatres were closed in 1642."

  • Related reference: from the September 12 New York Times: Shakespeare's Leap, "How did the son of a provincial glovemaker become the greatest playwright of all time?"

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