Exhibition: Shakespeare at Stonyhurst

To celebrate 400 years since the publication of Shakepeare's First Folio, a new exhibition at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, will explore the history and stories of approximately 40 objects from its Museum and Archives, each of which have unique links to Shakespeare's plays that feature within the First Folio.

The focal point of the exhibition will be Stonyhurst's copy of an original First Folio which will be exhibited in the historical Do Room at the College. In 1623, it is believed 750 copies of the First Folio were printed, seven years after the death of its author, and was the first printed edition of Shakespeare's collection of plays. 235 copies are known to have survived with 50 books still at home in the UK. Stonyhurst proudly holds one of these copies within its Museum and Archives, the oldest collection of museum objects in the English-speaking world.

The exhibition will touch on the significance of St Omers Jesuit drama, and the part played by the accrual at St Omers College of Jesuit relics from all over the world, and their influence on the dramatic performances for which Stonyhurst College was so famous for.

The exhibition will be open to the public through a ticketed event from 7th July every Friday and Saturday until 17th August.

Book your place: https://bit.ly/3Oq09uh

Watch a video of Stonyhurst curator Jan Graffius describing the exhibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVqrV5eCKk