Stephen Fry
STARS of stage and theatre are backing the Bodleian Library’s public appeal to digitise the first volume of Shakespeare’s plays.
Actor Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Fry and director Sir Peter Hall are among those championing the library’s Sprint for Shakespeare fundraising campaign launched this week.
It aims to raise £20,000 to digitise and make available online The First Folio, the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays dating from 1623, viewed as one of the Bodleian’s greatest treasures.
Once digitised, the volume will be available online in digital format.
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