![]() ![]() Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. ![]() You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. Licensing Public domain Public domain false false Cowardly Lion also waives any possible copyright resulting from any originality or creativity in his photo. Original edition published in 1623, Norton facsimile edition published in 1996, photo of page taken on 30 December, 2007įolio Society edition of the Norton Facsimile from 1996 UBC’s acquisition of a First Folio ensures public access to one of the world’s most precious cultural treasures.įor All Time will be accompanied by an audio mobile guide featuring the voice of Christopher Gaze, Founding Artistic Director of Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, along with a glimpse of UBC’s augmented and virtual reality projects that will come to life this year and in 2023.Photo of the first page of Julius Caesar from a facsimile edition of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623 Of the estimated 235 copies that remain worldwide, there is only one other copy in Canada. The First Folio thus not only gave us their first appearance in print but was also the means by which they were preserved and passed on to future generations.Ĭultural properties of the First Folio’s magnitude and capacity to engage the public’s imagination are not evenly distributed around the world. Eighteen plays-including The Tempest, Macbeth, As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale and Julius Caesar-remained unpublished in any form. When Shakespeare died in 1616, only about half of his works had appeared in print. It is the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays and the foundation of his enduring legacy and reputation. The First Folio, as it is also recognized, includes thirty-six of Shakespeare’s thirty-eight known plays, edited by his close friends, fellow writers and actors. ![]() In partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery, this tangible piece of cultural heritage will be exhibited to the public along with three subsequent seventeenth-century Folio editions of Shakespeare’s plays, marking the first time all four Folios have been displayed in Vancouver. For All Time: The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO celebrates the University of British Columbia Library’s recent acquisition of a first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies-an extremely rare book published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death, and credited with preserving almost half of his plays. ![]()
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