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...Edward IV appears in Shakespeare's first folio, and The Wars of the Roses is not found in his collected works. But both titles are prominently on display this summer at that most sanctified shrine of Shakespeariana, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford on Avon. And although Wars of the Roses is stuffed with lines that Shakespeare never wrote, it has won the unanimous praise of the London critics. "A landmark and beacon in the postwar English theater," said the Daily Mail's usually savage Bernard Levin...
Before Wright, Folger was sometimes known as a literary Fort Knox, with its invaluable treasures buried in regulations. Built and endowed (with $11.5 million) in 1930 by Oil Tycoon Henry Clay Folger to house his vast, scattered hoard of Shakespeariana, the library was run almost like an exclusive club. Only scholars known to its staffers could gain access to its books and manuscripts-after writing in advance. Even the favored few were stopped by the silken rope, had to sit on a bench until a staff member came to escort them to the books. As a result, days went...
...both the Prince of Wales and the poet-laureate paid tribute to the American donors without whom the building could not have been erected. On the same day the Folger Memorial Library of Amherst College was dedicated at Washington. In it this country possesses the most valuable collection of Shakespeariana in the world...
...first group may be classified as Shakespeariana and comprises part of a gift of 260 volumes from the library of W. A. White '63, made by members of his family and other friends of Harvard. Among the interesting books in this group are a copy of Sir Phillip Sidney's "Defense of Poesic" published in 1595 and a copy of Spenser's "Prothalamion" printed...
...White, one of the best known book collectors in America, has been a benefactor of Widener Library for a number of years. His collection of Shakespeariana was ranked among the world's foremost, and its acquisition by the Library, besides filling a conspicuous gap on the shelves, placed the Harvard collection in the top flight of world libraries. An exhibition of the books is planned for the Treasure Room...